netdev - [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 088/127] atl1e: checking the status of atl1e_write_phy

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Message-Id: <20191122055544.3299-87-sashal@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:55:06 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 088/127] atl1e: checking the status of atl1e_write_phy_reg

From: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>

[ Upstream commit ff07d48d7bc0974d4f96a85a4df14564fb09f1ef ]

atl1e_write_phy_reg() could fail. The fix issues an error message when
it fails.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
index 4f7e195af0bc6..0d08039981b54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
@@ -472,7 +472,9 @@ static void atl1e_mdio_write(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id,
 {
 	struct atl1e_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	atl1e_write_phy_reg(&adapter->hw, reg_num & MDIO_REG_ADDR_MASK, val);
+	if (atl1e_write_phy_reg(&adapter->hw,
+				reg_num & MDIO_REG_ADDR_MASK, val))
+		netdev_err(netdev, "write phy register failed\n");
 }
 
 static int atl1e_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev,
-- 
2.20.1