netdev - Re: [PATCH] ptp: ixp46x: Fix error handling in ptp_ixp

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Date:   Fri, 26 Nov 2021 02:26:23 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Tang Bin <tangbin@...s.chinamobile.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, arnd@...db.de,
        wanjiabing@...o.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptp: ixp46x: Fix error handling in ptp_ixp_probe()

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 2:10 AM Tang Bin <tangbin@...s.chinamobile.com> wrote:

> In the function ptp_ixp_probe(), when get irq failed
> after executing platform_get_irq(), the negative value
> returned will not be detected here. So fix error handling
> in this place.
>
> Fixes: 9055a2f591629 ("ixp4xx_eth: make ptp support a platform driver")
> Signed-off-by: Tang Bin <tangbin@...s.chinamobile.com>

OK the intention is right but:

> -           !ixp_clock.master_irq || !ixp_clock.slave_irq)
> +           (ixp_clock.master_irq < 0) || (ixp_clock.slave_irq < 0))

Keep disallowing 0. Because that is not a valid IRQ.

... <= 0 ...

Yours,
Linus Walleij