linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ax88796c: fix -Wpointer-bool-conversion warning

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Date:   Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:59:35 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ax88796c: fix -Wpointer-bool-conversion
 warning

On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 21:56:39 +0200 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> ax_local->phydev->advertising is an array, not a pointer, so
> clang points out that checking for NULL is unnecessary:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c:851:24: error: address of array 'ax_local->phydev->advertising' will always evaluate to 'true' [-Werror,-Wpointer-bool-conversion]
>         if (ax_local->phydev->advertising &&
>             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
> 
> Fixes: a97c69ba4f30 ("net: ax88796c: ASIX AX88796C SPI Ethernet Adapter Driver")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c | 9 ++++-----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c
> index cfc597f72e3d..846a04922561 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c
> @@ -848,11 +848,10 @@ ax88796c_open(struct net_device *ndev)
>  	/* Setup flow-control configuration */
>  	phy_support_asym_pause(ax_local->phydev);
>  
> -	if (ax_local->phydev->advertising &&
> -	    (linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Pause_BIT,
> -			       ax_local->phydev->advertising) ||
> -	     linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Asym_Pause_BIT,
> -			       ax_local->phydev->advertising)))
> +	if (linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Pause_BIT,
> +			      ax_local->phydev->advertising) ||
> +	    linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Asym_Pause_BIT,
> +			      ax_local->phydev->advertising))
>  		fc |= AX_FC_ANEG;
>  
>  	fc |= linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Pause_BIT,

Same as 971f5c4079ed46a131ad3ac6e684ed056a7777da in net-next, thanks.