netdev - Re: [PATCH] net:phy: Add a return value check on bus write

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Date:   Wed, 26 Dec 2018 18:44:37 +0100
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net:phy: Add a return value check on bus write

On 26.12.2018 18:37, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> xgmiitorgmii_read_status() could fail when writing to the bus via
> mdiobus_write(). The fix adds a check and returns an error in case
> of failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.c b/drivers/net/phy/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.c
> index 74a8782313cf..926879d43373 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.c
> @@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ static int xgmiitorgmii_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  	else
>  		val |= BMCR_SPEED10;
>  
> -	mdiobus_write(bus, addr, XILINX_GMII2RGMII_REG, val);
> +	err = mdiobus_write(bus, addr, XILINX_GMII2RGMII_REG, val);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
>  
>  	return 0;
Why not simply:
return mdiobus_write(bus, addr, XILINX_GMII2RGMII_REG, val);

Heiner