checkpatch script returns the following warning:
ERROR: do not use assignment in if condition
+                       if (((dev_num = get_dev_idx(dev->ifindex)) ==
            -1) |
This patch fixes the if condition by splitting it.
Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <superna9999@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
                        if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
                                return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-                       if (((dev_num = get_dev_idx(dev->ifindex)) == -1) ||
-                           (!(pbpctl_dev = &bpctl_dev_arr[dev_num])))
+                       dev_num = get_dev_idx(dev->ifindex);
+                       if (dev_num == -1)
+                               return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+                       pbpctl_dev = &bpctl_dev_arr[dev_num];
+                       if (!pbpctl_dev)
                                return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
                        if ((is_bypass_fn(pbpctl_dev)) == 1)