netdev - [PATCH 1/5] phylib: don't return NULL from get_phy

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Date:	Sun, 24 Apr 2016 20:25:23 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	arnd@...db.de
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] phylib: don't return NULL from get_phy_device()

Arnd Bergmann asked that get_phy_device() returns either NULL or the error
value,  not both on error.  Do as he said, return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) instead
of NULL when the PHY ID registers read as  all ones.

Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>

---
 drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: net-next/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
===================================================================
--- net-next.orig/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ net-next/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ struct phy_device *get_phy_device(struct
 
 	/* If the phy_id is mostly Fs, there is no device there */
 	if ((phy_id & 0x1fffffff) == 0x1fffffff)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 	return phy_device_create(bus, addr, phy_id, is_c45, &c45_ids);
 }