On 26.12.2018 20:32, Kangjie Lu wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 1:13 PM Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com > <mailto:hkallwe...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 26.12.2018 19:21, Kangjie Lu wrote: > > Both bcm_sf2_sw_indir_rw and mdiobus_write_nested could fail, so let's > > return their error codes upstream. > > > > Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <k...@umn.edu <mailto:k...@umn.edu>> > > --- > > drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c | 7 +++---- > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c > > index 2eb68769562c..236815700fba 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c > > @@ -303,11 +303,10 @@ static int bcm_sf2_sw_mdio_write(struct mii_bus > *bus, int addr, int regnum, > > * send them to our master MDIO bus controller > > */ > > if (addr == BRCM_PSEUDO_PHY_ADDR && priv->indir_phy_mask & > BIT(addr)) > > - bcm_sf2_sw_indir_rw(priv, 0, addr, regnum, val); > > + return bcm_sf2_sw_indir_rw(priv, 0, addr, regnum, val); > This is wrong. Please get familiar with what the function does. > And test changes before submitting them! > > > bcm_sf2_sw_indir_rw() doesn't return an error code, so we don't propagate its > return value but return 0 after it. > > For mdiobus_write_nested(), since it does return an error code, we propagate > its error code upstream. > > Does this sound right to you? > Better. You should test a change before submitting (and better not only compile-test). And please no HTML mails. Get familiar with the basics of kernel development before submitting. Read document "SubmittingPatches" and the following for netdev: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt By the way: net-next is closed currently.
> > > > else > > - mdiobus_write_nested(priv->master_mii_bus, addr, regnum, > val); > > - > > - return 0; > > + return mdiobus_write_nested(priv->master_mii_bus, > > + addr, regnum, val); > > } > > > > static irqreturn_t bcm_sf2_switch_0_isr(int irq, void *dev_id) > > > > > > -- > Kangjie Lu > Assistant Professor > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > University of Minnesota > Personal homepage <https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu>
