From: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu> [ Upstream commit 035a14e71f27eefa50087963b94cbdb3580d08bf ] of_get_phy_mode may fail and return a negative error code; the fix checks the return value of of_get_phy_mode and returns NULL of it fails. Fixes: b356e978e92f ("sh_eth: add device tree support") Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu> Reviewed-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c index 6068e96..4416436 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c @@ -3133,12 +3133,16 @@ static struct sh_eth_plat_data *sh_eth_parse_dt(struct device *dev) struct device_node *np = dev->of_node; struct sh_eth_plat_data *pdata; const char *mac_addr; + int ret; pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL); if (!pdata) return NULL; - pdata->phy_interface = of_get_phy_mode(np); + ret = of_get_phy_mode(np); + if (ret < 0) + return NULL; + pdata->phy_interface = ret; mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np); if (mac_addr) -- 1.8.3