RE: [PATCH V2 net-next 6/8] net: hns3: Add MDIO support to HNS3 Ethernet driver for hip08 SoC

From: Salil Mehta
Date: Sat Jun 17 2017 - 07:57:19 EST


Hi Andrew,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 3:56 AM
> To: Salil Mehta
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 6/8] net: hns3: Add MDIO support to
> HNS3 Ethernet driver for hip08 SoC
>
> > + if (le16_to_cpu(HCLGE_MDIO_STA_VAL(mdio_cmd->sta))) {
> > + dev_err(&hdev->pdev->dev, "mdio read data error\n");
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + }
>
> If it is not zero, it is an error. !0 is always !0, big or little
> endian, so there is no point doing the le16_to_cpu().
>
> Where is the memory allocation which failed?
>
> Andrew
Agreed! Will remove this.

Thanks
Salil