[PATCH] net: dwmac-rk: No need to check the return value of the phy_power_on()

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Mon May 26 10:05:08 PDT 2025


On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 09:16:21AM -0700, 李哲 wrote:
> since the return value of the phy_power_on() function is always 0,
> checking its return value is redundant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: 李哲 <sensor1010 at 163.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c | 6 +-----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c
> index 700858ff6f7c..6e8b10fda24d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c
> @@ -1839,11 +1839,7 @@ static int rk_gmac_powerup(struct rk_priv_data *bsp_priv)
>  		dev_err(dev, "NO interface defined!\n");
>  	}
>  
> -	ret = phy_power_on(bsp_priv, true);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		gmac_clk_enable(bsp_priv, false);
> -		return ret;
> -	}
> +	phy_power_on(bsp_priv, true);

I suggest you go one step further and turn phy_power_on() into a void
function.

net-next is closed for the next two week due to the merge window.

	Andrew



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