netdev - RE: [PATCH V2 net-next 6/8] net: hns3: Add MDIO support to HNS3 Ethernet driver for hip08 SoC

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Date:   Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:56:49 +0000
From:   Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Zhuangyuzeng (Yisen)" <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
        huangdaode <huangdaode@...ilicon.com>,
        "lipeng (Y)" <lipeng321@...wei.com>,
        "mehta.salil.lnk@...il.com" <mehta.salil.lnk@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linuxarm <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 net-next 6/8] net: hns3: Add MDIO support to HNS3
 Ethernet driver for hip08 SoC

Hi Andrew,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@...n.ch]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 3:56 AM
> To: Salil Mehta
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; Zhuangyuzeng (Yisen); huangdaode; lipeng (Y);
> mehta.salil.lnk@...il.com; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; Linuxarm
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 6/8] net: hns3: Add MDIO support to
> HNS3 Ethernet driver for hip08 SoC
> 
> > +	if (le16_to_cpu(HCLGE_MDIO_STA_VAL(mdio_cmd->sta))) {
> > +		dev_err(&hdev->pdev->dev, "mdio read data error\n");
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +	}
> 
> If it is not zero, it is an error. !0 is always !0, big or little
> endian, so there is no point doing the le16_to_cpu().
> 
> Where is the memory allocation which failed?
> 
>       Andrew
Agreed! Will remove this.

Thanks
Salil