linux-kernel - [PATCH] ethernet: atl1e: checking the status of atl1e_write_phy

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20181226042321.74123-1-kjlu@umn.edu>
Date:   Tue, 25 Dec 2018 22:23:19 -0600
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Jay Cliburn <jcliburn@...il.com>,
        Chris Snook <chris.snook@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ethernet: atl1e: checking the status of atl1e_write_phy_reg

atl1e_write_phy_reg() could fail. The fix issues an error message when
it fails.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
index 9dc6da039a6d..3164aad29bcf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
@@ -473,7 +473,9 @@ static void atl1e_mdio_write(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id,
 {
 	struct atl1e_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	atl1e_write_phy_reg(&adapter->hw, reg_num & MDIO_REG_ADDR_MASK, val);
+	if (atl1e_write_phy_reg(&adapter->hw,
+				reg_num & MDIO_REG_ADDR_MASK, val))
+		netdev_err(netdev, "write phy register failed\n");
 }
 
 static int atl1e_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev,
-- 
2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)