> +static int eeprom_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base, > + struct ethnl_reply_data *reply_base, > + struct genl_info *info) > +{ > + struct eeprom_reply_data *reply = MODULE_EEPROM_REPDATA(reply_base); > + struct eeprom_req_info *request = MODULE_EEPROM_REQINFO(req_base); > + struct ethtool_module_eeprom page_data = {0}; > + struct net_device *dev = reply_base->dev; > + int ret; > + > + if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_module_eeprom_by_page) > + return -EOPNOTSUPP; > + > + /* Allow dumps either of low or high page without crossing half page > boundary */ > + if ((request->offset < ETH_MODULE_EEPROM_PAGE_LEN / 2 && > + request->offset + request->length > ETH_MODULE_EEPROM_PAGE_LEN / > 2) || > + request->offset + request->length > ETH_MODULE_EEPROM_PAGE_LEN) > + return -EINVAL;
Please keep all the parameter validation together, in eeprom_parse_request(). At some point, we may extend eeprom_parse_request() to make use of extack, to indicate which parameter is invalid. Just getting an -EINVAL can be hard to debug, where as NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR() can help the user. Andrew