Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/4] net: mdio: of: export part of of_mdiobus_register_phy()

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>,
	David Jander <david@protonic.nl>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/4] net: mdio: of: export part of of_mdiobus_register_phy()
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:51:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200421135147.GE937199@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200421125219.8402-4-o.rempel@pengutronix.de>

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 02:52:18PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> This function will be needed in tja11xx driver for secondary PHY
> support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/of/of_mdio.c    | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  include/linux/of_mdio.h | 11 ++++++-
>  2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
> index 8270bbf505fb..d9e637b624ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
> @@ -60,39 +60,15 @@ static struct mii_timestamper *of_find_mii_timestamper(struct device_node *node)
>  	return register_mii_timestamper(arg.np, arg.args[0]);
>  }
>  
> -static int of_mdiobus_register_phy(struct mii_bus *mdio,
> -				    struct device_node *child, u32 addr)
> +int __of_mdiobus_register_phy(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct phy_device *phy,
> +			      struct device_node *child, u32 addr)
>  {

Hi Oleksij

I would prefer a different name. __foo functions often indicate
locking is needed, or an internal API which should not be used except
internally. This is going to be an official API. Maybe call it
of_mdiobus_phy_device_register() ?

	 Andrew