netdev - [PATCH net] net: socionext: Fix a signedness bug in ave

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Date:   Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:57:50 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@...ionext.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net: socionext: Fix a signedness bug in ave_probe()

The "phy_mode" variable is an enum and in this context GCC treats it as
an unsigned int so the error handling is never triggered.

Fixes: 4c270b55a5af ("net: ethernet: socionext: add AVE ethernet driver")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
index 10d0c3e478ab..d047a53f34f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ static int ave_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	np = dev->of_node;
 	phy_mode = of_get_phy_mode(np);
-	if (phy_mode < 0) {
+	if ((int)phy_mode < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "phy-mode not found\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-- 
2.20.1