Re: [PATCH v2] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Propagate error value from mdio_write

[Heiner Kallweit]

On 26.12.2018 18:50, 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 <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
> index 2eb68769562c..73fbc16a1f86 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
> @@ -305,9 +305,8 @@ static int bcm_sf2_sw_mdio_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int regnum,
>  	if (addr == BRCM_PSEUDO_PHY_ADDR && priv->indir_phy_mask & BIT(addr))
>  		bcm_sf2_sw_indir_rw(priv, 0, addr, regnum, val);
>  	else
> -		mdiobus_write_nested(priv->master_mii_bus, addr, regnum, val);
> -
> -	return 0;
> +		return mdiobus_write_nested(priv->master_mii_bus,
> +				addr, regnum, val);
>  }
Did you try to compile this? The first branch of the if clause has no return
value any longer.