linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: fix phy_read_poll_timeout argument type in genphy

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:20:28 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin@...ud.ru>
Cc: andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 o.rempel@...gutronix.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: fix phy_read_poll_timeout argument type in
 genphy_loopback

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:50:52 +0300 you wrote:
> read_poll_timeout inside phy_read_poll_timeout can set val negative
> in some cases (for example, __mdiobus_read inside phy_read can return
> -EOPNOTSUPP).
> 
> Supposedly, commit 4ec732951702 ("net: phylib: fix phy_read*_poll_timeout()")
> should fix problems with wrong-signed vals, but I do not see how
> as val is sent to phy_read as is and __val = phy_read (not val)
> is checked for sign.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: phy: fix phy_read_poll_timeout argument type in genphy_loopback
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/32fa4366cc4d

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