The comparison of the u16 priv->phy_addr < 0 is always false because
phy_addr is unsigned. Fix this by assigning the return from the call
to function asix_read_phy_addr to int ret and using this for the
less than zero error check comparison.
Fixes:
7e88b11a862a ("net: usb: asix: refactor asix_read_phy_addr() and handle errors on return")
Addresses-Coverity: ("Unsigned compared against 0")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
goto free;
}
- priv->phy_addr = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, priv->use_embdphy);
- if (priv->phy_addr < 0) {
- ret = priv->phy_addr;
+ ret = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, priv->use_embdphy);
+ if (ret < 0)
goto free;
- }
+
+ priv->phy_addr = ret;
ax88172a_reset_phy(dev, priv->use_embdphy);