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phylib: don't return NULL from get_phy_device()
authorSergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:25:23 +0000 (20:25 +0300)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:41:19 +0000 (15:41 -0400)
commitb74766a0a0feeef5c779709cc5d109451c0d5b17
treefb37579483e96df3125ef13e75ae3368504dae1b
parentf796721040f933bb51b33f53899a382b4872b3e6
phylib: don't return NULL from get_phy_device()

Arnd Bergmann asked that get_phy_device() returns either NULL or the error
value,  not both on error.  Do as he said, return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) instead
of NULL when the PHY ID registers read as  all ones.

Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c