linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 078/125] atl1e: checking the status of atl1e_write_phy

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Message-Id: <20191204175323.775773586@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed,  4 Dec 2019 18:56:23 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 078/125] atl1e: checking the status of atl1e_write_phy_reg

From: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>

[ Upstream commit ff07d48d7bc0974d4f96a85a4df14564fb09f1ef ]

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

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 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 974713b19ab64..5e1f03590aaf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
@@ -478,7 +478,9 @@ 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,
-- 
2.20.1