netdev - [PATCH net] net: netsec: Fix signedness bug in netsec

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Date:   Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:56:38 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org>
Cc:     Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net: netsec: Fix signedness bug in netsec_probe()

The "priv->phy_interface" variable is an enum and in this context GCC
will treat it as an unsigned int so the error handling is never
triggered.

Fixes: 533dd11a12f6 ("net: socionext: Add Synquacer NetSec driver")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c
index 1502fe8b0456..55db7fbd43cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ static int netsec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			   NETIF_MSG_LINK | NETIF_MSG_PROBE;
 
 	priv->phy_interface = device_get_phy_mode(&pdev->dev);
-	if (priv->phy_interface < 0) {
+	if ((int)priv->phy_interface < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing required property 'phy-mode'\n");
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto free_ndev;
-- 
2.20.1