netdev - Re: [PATCH][net-next] net: phy: check if advertising is zero using linkmode

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Date:   Tue, 13 Nov 2018 01:18:01 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][net-next] net: phy: check if advertising is zero using
 linkmode_empty

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 11:45:56PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> A recent change modified variable advertising from a u32 to a link mode
> array and left the u32 zero comparison, so essential we now have an array
> being compared to null which is not the intention. Fix this by using the
> call to linkmode_empty to check if advertising is all zero.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1475424 ("Array compared against 0")
> 
> Fixes: 3c1bcc8614db ("net: ethernet: Convert phydev advertize and supported from u32 to link mode")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Thanks Colin.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew