[PATCH net v5 4/4] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Fix for the wrong data type
Selvamani Rajagopal <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:35:18 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.feeds.b4-sent,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <20260729-fix-race-condition-and-crash-v5-4-3906bc485daf@onsemi.com> |
Inadvertently bool data type is used where int is supposed to
be used. This might turn a negative error code into true or
false and sign of the return code would be lost.
Fixes: 8f9bf857e43b ("net: ethernet: oa_tc6: implement internal PHY initialization")
Signed-off-by: Selvamani Rajagopal <[email protected]>
---
changes in v5
- New patch. Fixed the wrong data type used.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/oa_tc6.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/oa_tc6.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/oa_tc6.c
index bb644509c32b..2ec22ba3ccba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/oa_tc6.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/oa_tc6.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static int oa_tc6_mdiobus_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int regnum)
{
struct oa_tc6 *tc6 = bus->priv;
u32 regval;
- bool ret;
+ int ret;
ret = oa_tc6_read_register(tc6, OA_TC6_PHY_STD_REG_ADDR_BASE |
(regnum & OA_TC6_PHY_STD_REG_ADDR_MASK),
--
2.43.0