ax88179_178a 1-1:0.186 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x000d: -71
ax88179_178a 1-1:0.186 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x000e: -71
ax88179_178a 1-1:0.186 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x000d: -71
ax88179_178a 1-1:0.186 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x000e: -71
ax88179_178a 1-1:0.186 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to read reg index 0x0000: -71
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mii_nway_restart+0x141/0x260 drivers/net/mii.c:467
CPU: 1 PID: 4238 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 5.1.0+ #1
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
 dump_stack+0x191/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:113
 kmsan_report+0x130/0x2a0 mm/kmsan/kmsan.c:622
 __msan_warning+0x75/0xe0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:310
 mii_nway_restart+0x141/0x260 drivers/net/mii.c:467
 ax88179_bind+0xee3/0x1a10 drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:1329
 usbnet_probe+0x10f5/0x3940 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1728
 usb_probe_interface+0xd66/0x1320 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:361
 really_probe+0xdae/0x1d80 drivers/base/dd.c:513
 driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4f0 drivers/base/dd.c:671
 __device_attach_driver+0x5b8/0x790 drivers/base/dd.c:778
 bus_for_each_drv+0x28e/0x3b0 drivers/base/bus.c:454
 __device_attach+0x454/0x730 drivers/base/dd.c:844
 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:891
 bus_probe_device+0x137/0x390 drivers/base/bus.c:514
 device_add+0x288d/0x30e0 drivers/base/core.c:2106
 usb_set_configuration+0x30dc/0x3750 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2027
 generic_probe+0xe7/0x280 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:210
 usb_probe_device+0x14c/0x200 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:266
 really_probe+0xdae/0x1d80 drivers/base/dd.c:513
 driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4f0 drivers/base/dd.c:671
 __device_attach_driver+0x5b8/0x790 drivers/base/dd.c:778
 bus_for_each_drv+0x28e/0x3b0 drivers/base/bus.c:454
 __device_attach+0x454/0x730 drivers/base/dd.c:844
 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:891
 bus_probe_device+0x137/0x390 drivers/base/bus.c:514
 device_add+0x288d/0x30e0 drivers/base/core.c:2106
 usb_new_device+0x23e5/0x2ff0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2534
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5089 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5204 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5350 [inline]
 hub_event+0x48d1/0x7290 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5432
 process_one_work+0x1572/0x1f00 kernel/workqueue.c:2269
 worker_thread+0x111b/0x2460 kernel/workqueue.c:2415
 kthread+0x4b5/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:254
 ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:355

Local variable description: ----buf.i@ax88179_mdio_read
Variable was created at:
 __ax88179_read_cmd drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:199 [inline]
 ax88179_read_cmd drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:311 [inline]
 ax88179_mdio_read+0x7b/0x240 drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:369
 mii_nway_restart+0xcf/0x260 drivers/net/mii.c:465
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