Current implementation via IS_ERR(phydev) may make no sense because of_phy_attach() returns NULL on failure instead of error value.
Still for checking result of phy_connect() IS_ERR() is useful. So adding explicit check for NULL. Cc: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavall...@st.com> Cc: arc-linux-...@synopsys.com Cc: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org Cc: David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrod...@synopsys.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c index 864b476..ad2ce3e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c @@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ static int stmmac_init_phy(struct net_device *dev) interface); } - if (IS_ERR(phydev)) { + if (!phydev || IS_ERR(phydev)) { pr_err("%s: Could not attach to PHY\n", dev->name); return PTR_ERR(phydev); } -- 2.4.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html