Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [3.19.y-ckt stable] Patch "stmmac: fix check for phydev being open" has been added to staging queue | From | Kamal Mostafa <> | Date | Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:49:12 -0700 |
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On Tue, 2015-10-20 at 01:57 +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > Hello. > > On 10/20/2015 01:40 AM, Kamal Mostafa wrote: > > > This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled > > > > stmmac: fix check for phydev being open > > > > to the linux-3.19.y-queue branch of the 3.19.y-ckt extended stable tree > > which can be found at: > > > > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.19.y-queue > > > > This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.19.8-ckt8. > > > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please > > reply to this email. > > > > For more information about the 3.19.y-ckt tree, see > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable > > Uh oh, it happened again... :-( > NAK.
Thanks Sergei. Dropped this patch from 3.19-stable.
-Kamal
> > Thanks. > > -Kamal > > > > ------ > > > > From ba01d7935fb4710b33ccc217b8e9a9cce88e1d75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@synopsys.com> > > Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 18:01:08 +0300 > > Subject: stmmac: fix check for phydev being open > > > > commit dfc50fcaad574e5c8c85cbc83eca1426b2413fa4 upstream. > > > > Current check of phydev with IS_ERR(phydev) may make not much sense > > because of_phy_connect() returns NULL on failure instead of error value. > > of_phy_connect() insn't called yet in 3.19 as should be obvious from the > patch context. > > > Still for checking result of phy_connect() IS_ERR() makes perfect sense. > > > > So let's use combined check IS_ERR_OR_NULL() that covers both cases. > > > > Cc: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> > > Cc: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com> > > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> > > Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> > > --- > > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 5 ++++- > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c > > index 8834b82..5b9d3f7 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c > > @@ -829,8 +829,11 @@ static int stmmac_init_phy(struct net_device *dev) > > > > phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_id_fmt, &stmmac_adjust_link, interface); > > > > - if (IS_ERR(phydev)) { > > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(phydev)) { > > pr_err("%s: Could not attach to PHY\n", dev->name); > > + if (!phydev) > > + return -ENODEV; > > + > > return PTR_ERR(phydev); > > } > > > > -- > > 1.9.1 > > MBR, Sergei >
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