Sep 24 2015

r8169: fix handling rtl_readphy result 

Author: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@samsung.com>

The function can return negative value.

The problem has been detected using proposed semantic patch
scripts/coccinelle/tests/assign_signed_to_unsigned.cocci [1].

[1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2046107

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 

---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 2b32e0c..b4f2123 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -6081,7 +6081,7 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8168h_1(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
 {
 	void __iomem *ioaddr = tp->mmio_addr;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = tp->pci_dev;
-	u16 rg_saw_cnt;
+	int rg_saw_cnt;
 	u32 data;
 	static const struct ephy_info e_info_8168h_1[] = {
 		{ 0x1e, 0x0800,	0x0001 },

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