This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: bcmgenet: Fix return value check for fixed_phy_register()
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
net-bcmgenet-fix-return-value-check-for-fixed_phy_re.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit b2cdc9472f39b009c2a0083dd2d05029dfaf1d02
Author: Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Aug 18 13:12:21 2023 +0800
net: bcmgenet: Fix return value check for fixed_phy_register()
[ Upstream commit 32bbe64a1386065ab2aef8ce8cae7c689d0add6e ]
The fixed_phy_register() function returns error pointers and never
returns NULL. Update the checks accordingly.
Fixes: b0ba512e25d7 ("net: bcmgenet: enable driver to work without a device tree")
Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
index 1fe8038587ac8..1779ee524dac7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int bcmgenet_mii_pd_init(struct bcmgenet_priv *priv)
};
phydev = fixed_phy_register(PHY_POLL, &fphy_status, NULL);
- if (!phydev || IS_ERR(phydev)) {
+ if (IS_ERR(phydev)) {
dev_err(kdev, "failed to register fixed PHY device\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
