[PATCH] net: stmmac: Fix signedness bug in stmmac_probe_config_dt()

[Andreas Schwab]

On Aug 18 2020, YueHaibing wrote:

> The "plat->phy_interface" variable is an enum and in this context GCC
> will treat it as an unsigned int so the error handling is never
> triggered.
>
> Fixes: b9f0b2f634c0 ("net: stmmac: platform: fix probe for ACPI devices")
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing at huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
> index f32317fa75c8..b5b558b02e7d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
> @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, const char **mac)
>  	}
>  
>  	plat->phy_interface = device_get_phy_mode(&pdev->dev);
> -	if (plat->phy_interface < 0)
> +	if ((int)plat->phy_interface < 0)
>  		return ERR_PTR(plat->phy_interface);

I don't think the conversion to long when passed to ERR_PTR will produce
a negative value either (if long is wider than unsigned int).

Andreas.

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