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mdio_bus: don't return NULL from mdiobus_scan()

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I've finally noticed that mdiobus_scan() also returns either NULL or error
value on failure.  Return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) instead of NULL since this is
the  error value  already filtered out by the callers that want to ignore
the  MDIO address scan failure...

Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Sergei Shtylyov 2016-05-03 23:14:41 +03:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 4d659fcb20
commit e98a3aabf8
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drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
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@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ struct phy_device *mdiobus_scan(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr)
err = phy_device_register(phydev);
if (err) {
phy_device_free(phydev);
return NULL;
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}
return phydev;