netdev - [patch 2/2] netxen: reversed condition in netxen_nic_set_link

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Date:	Thu, 5 May 2016 16:19:44 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@...gic.com>
Cc:	Sony Chacko <sony.chacko@...gic.com>,
	Rajesh Borundia <rajesh.borundia@...gic.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 2/2] netxen: reversed condition in
 netxen_nic_set_link_parameters()

My static checker complains that we are using "autoneg" without
initializing it.  The problem is the ->phy_read() condition is reversed
so we only set this on error instead of success.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
index a320541..2b10f1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ void netxen_nic_set_link_parameters(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 				if (adapter->phy_read &&
 				    adapter->phy_read(adapter,
 						      NETXEN_NIU_GB_MII_MGMT_ADDR_AUTONEG,
-						      &autoneg) != 0)
+						      &autoneg) == 0)
 					adapter->link_autoneg = autoneg;
 			} else
 				goto link_down;