This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: bgmac: Fix return value check for fixed_phy_register()
to the 5.15-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-bgmac-fix-return-value-check-for-fixed_phy_regis.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 9496884ef94925c23f6e5cb706f0d639421e7991
Author: Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Aug 18 13:12:20 2023 +0800
net: bgmac: Fix return value check for fixed_phy_register()
[ Upstream commit 23a14488ea5882dea5851b65c9fce2127ee8fcad ]
The fixed_phy_register() function returns error pointers and never
returns NULL. Update the checks accordingly.
Fixes: c25b23b8a387 ("bgmac: register fixed PHY for ARM BCM470X / BCM5301X chipsets")
Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
index a9c99ac81730a..c691635cf4ebe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ int bgmac_phy_connect_direct(struct bgmac *bgmac)
int err;
phy_dev = fixed_phy_register(PHY_POLL, &fphy_status, NULL);
- if (!phy_dev || IS_ERR(phy_dev)) {
+ if (IS_ERR(phy_dev)) {
dev_err(bgmac->dev, "Failed to register fixed PHY device\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
