From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk
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Subject: Re: [CFT PATCH net-next v2] net: phylink: rename mac_link_state() op to mac_pcs_get_state()
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:14:17 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191121.191417.1339124115325210078.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1iXaSM-0004t1-9L@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk>
From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:36:22 +0000
> Rename the mac_link_state() method to mac_pcs_get_state() to make it
> clear that it should be returning the MACs PCS current state, which
> is used for inband negotiation rather than just reading back what the
> MAC has been configured for. Update the documentation to explicitly
> mention that this is for inband.
>
> We drop the return value as well; most of phylink doesn't check the
> return value and it is not clear what it should do on error - instead
> arrange for state->link to be false.
>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
> ---
> This is something I'd like to do to make it clearer what phylink
> expects of this function, and that it shouldn't just read-back how
> the MAC was configured.
>
> This version drops the deeper changes, concentrating just on the
> phylink API rather than delving deeper into drivers, as I haven't
> received any feedback on that patch.
>
> It would be nice to see all these drivers tested with this change.
I'm tempted to just apply this, any objections?
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-21 0:36 [CFT PATCH net-next v2] net: phylink: rename mac_link_state() op to mac_pcs_get_state() Russell King
2019-11-22 3:14 ` David Miller [this message]
2019-11-22 3:36 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-11-22 9:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2019-11-23 18:38 ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-11-23 20:30 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-11-24 0:15 ` Jakub Kicinski
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