3.16.70-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
commit 035a14e71f27eefa50087963b94cbdb3580d08bf upstream.
of_get_phy_mode may fail and return a negative error code;
the fix checks the return value of of_get_phy_mode and
returns NULL of it fails.
Fixes: b356e978e92f ("sh_eth: add device tree support")
Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -2712,12 +2712,16 @@ static struct sh_eth_plat_data *sh_eth_p
struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
struct sh_eth_plat_data *pdata;
const char *mac_addr;
+ int ret;
pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!pdata)
return NULL;
- pdata->phy_interface = of_get_phy_mode(np);
+ ret = of_get_phy_mode(np);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return NULL;
+ pdata->phy_interface = ret;
mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
if (mac_addr)
