On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 04:22:49PM +0100, Colin King wrote: > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The comparison of the u16 priv->phy_addr < 0 is always false because > phy_addr is unsigned. Fix this by assigning the return from the call > to function asix_read_phy_addr to int ret and using this for the > less than zero error check comparison. > > Addresses-Coverity: ("Unsigned compared against 0") > Fixes: 7e88b11a862a ("net: usb: asix: refactor asix_read_phy_addr() and handle errors on return") Here is wrong Fixes tag. This assignment was bogus before this patch. > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c > index 2e2081346740..e24773bb9398 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c > @@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ static int ax88172a_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf) > goto free; > } > > - priv->phy_addr = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, priv->use_embdphy); > + ret = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, priv->use_embdphy); > + priv->phy_addr = ret; Ah.. it is same bug in different color :) You probably wonted to do: if (ret < 0) goto free; priv->phy_addr = ret; > if (priv->phy_addr < 0) { > ret = priv->phy_addr; > goto free; > -- > 2.31.1 > > -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |