On Tue, 30 May 2023 14:39:53 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote: > > Therefore we should try to fix phy_read_poll_timeout() instead to > > use a local variable like it does for __ret. > > The problem with that is val is supposed to be available to the > caller. I don't know if it is every actually used, but if it is, using > an internal signed variable and then throwing away the sign bit on > return is going to result in similar bugs. This is what I meant FWIW: diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h index 7addde5d14c0..829bd57b8794 100644 --- a/include/linux/phy.h +++ b/include/linux/phy.h @@ -1206,10 +1206,13 @@ static inline int phy_read(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 regnum) #define phy_read_poll_timeout(phydev, regnum, val, cond, sleep_us, \ timeout_us, sleep_before_read) \ ({ \ - int __ret = read_poll_timeout(phy_read, val, val < 0 || (cond), \ + int __ret, __val; \ + \ + __ret = read_poll_timeout(phy_read, __val, __val < 0 || (cond), \ sleep_us, timeout_us, sleep_before_read, phydev, regnum); \ - if (val < 0) \ - __ret = val; \ + val = __val; + if (__val < 0) \ + __ret = __val; \ if (__ret) \ phydev_err(phydev, "%s failed: %d\n", __func__, __ret); \ __ret; \ I tried enabling -Wtype-limits but it's _very_ noisy :(