netdev - [PATCH net] net: ethernet: stmmac: Fix signedness bug in ipq806x_gmac_of

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Date:   Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:05:54 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Mathieu Olivari <mathieu@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: stmmac: Fix signedness bug in
 ipq806x_gmac_of_parse()

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

Fixes: b1c17215d718 ("stmmac: add ipq806x glue layer")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c
index 2c6d7c69c8f7..0d21082ceb93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int ipq806x_gmac_of_parse(struct ipq806x_gmac *gmac)
 	struct device *dev = &gmac->pdev->dev;
 
 	gmac->phy_mode = of_get_phy_mode(dev->of_node);
-	if (gmac->phy_mode < 0) {
+	if ((int)gmac->phy_mode < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "missing phy mode property\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-- 
2.20.1