From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
To: "Alvin Šipraga" <ALSI@bang-olufsen.dk>
Cc: "Alvin Šipraga" <alvin@pqrs.dk>,
"Linus Walleij" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
"Andrew Lunn" <andrew@lunn.ch>,
"Vivien Didelot" <vivien.didelot@gmail.com>,
"Florian Fainelli" <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"Rob Herring" <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
"Heiner Kallweit" <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
"Russell King" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
"Michael Rasmussen" <MIR@bang-olufsen.dk>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/5] net: dsa: realtek-smi: fix mdio_free bug on module unload
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 02:10:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210822231059.l2xkesbvrfyqgbve@skbuf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <65997ecd-d405-c258-89d2-d6418c3ae2c4@bang-olufsen.dk>
On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 10:42:23PM +0000, Alvin Šipraga wrote:
> > Objection: dsa_switch_teardown has:
> >
> > if (ds->slave_mii_bus && ds->ops->phy_read)
> > mdiobus_unregister(ds->slave_mii_bus);
>
> This is unregistering an mdiobus registered in dsa_switch_setup:
>
> if (!ds->slave_mii_bus && ds->ops->phy_read) {
> ds->slave_mii_bus = devm_mdiobus_alloc(ds->dev);
> if (!ds->slave_mii_bus) {
> err = -ENOMEM;
> goto teardown;
> }
>
> dsa_slave_mii_bus_init(ds);
>
> err = mdiobus_register(ds->slave_mii_bus);
> if (err < 0)
> goto teardown;
> }
>
> However, we don't enter this codepath because:
>
> - ds->slave_mii_bus is already set in the call to ds->ops->setup()
> before the code snippet above;
> - ds->ops->phy_read is not set.
>
> We don't want to either, since we want to use of_mdiobus_register().
>
> >
> > The realtek_smi_setup_mdio function does:
> >
> > smi->ds->slave_mii_bus = smi->slave_mii_bus;
> >
> > so I would expect that this would result in a double unregister on some
> > systems.
> >
> > I haven't went through your new driver, but I wonder whether you have
> > the phy_read and phy_write methods implemented? Maybe that is the
> > difference?
>
> Right, phy_read/phy_write are not set in the dsa_switch_ops of
> rtl8365mb. So we should be safe.
Correct, DSA only unregisters the ds->slave_mii_bus it has registered,
which is provided when the driver implements phy_read and/or phy_write
but does not set/register ds->slave_mii_bus itself. The patch is fine.
>
> It did get me thinking that it would be nice if dsa_register_switch()
> could call of_mdiobus_register() when necessary, since the snippet above
> (and its call to dsa_slave_mii_bus_init()) is almost same as
> realtek_smi_setup_mdio(). It would simplify some logic in realtek-smi
> drivers and obviate the need for this patch. I am not sure what the
> right approach to this would be but with some pointers I can give it a shot.
I don't think DSA could call of_mdiobus_register, since you would need
to pass it the OF node you want and the read/write ops for the bus and
its name and a place to store it (one DSA switch might have more than
one MDIO bus), and I just fail to see the point of doing that.
The whole point of having ds->slave_mii_bus (either allocated by the
driver or by DSA) is to access the PHY registers of a port under a very
narrow set of assumptions: it implicitly assumes that the port N has a
PHY at MDIO address N, as opposed to doing the usual which is to follow
the phy-handle, and that there is a single internal MDIO bus. DSA will
do this as last resort in dsa_slave_phy_setup. But if you use
of_mdiobus_register, just put a phy-handle in the device tree and be
done, you don't need ds->ops->phy_read or ds->ops->phy_write, nor can
you/should you overload these pointers for DSA to do the
of_mdiobus_register for you.
> >
> >> static enum dsa_tag_protocol rtl8366_get_tag_protocol(struct dsa_switch *ds,
> >> int port,
> >> enum dsa_tag_protocol mp)
> >> @@ -1505,6 +1512,7 @@ static int rtl8366rb_detect(struct realtek_smi *smi)
> >> static const struct dsa_switch_ops rtl8366rb_switch_ops = {
> >> .get_tag_protocol = rtl8366_get_tag_protocol,
> >> .setup = rtl8366rb_setup,
> >> + .teardown = rtl8366rb_teardown,
> >> .phylink_mac_link_up = rtl8366rb_mac_link_up,
> >> .phylink_mac_link_down = rtl8366rb_mac_link_down,
> >> .get_strings = rtl8366_get_strings,
> >> --
> >> 2.32.0
> >>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-22 23:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-22 19:31 [RFC PATCH net-next 0/5] net: dsa: add support for RTL8365MB-VC Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 19:31 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 1/5] net: dsa: realtek-smi: fix mdio_free bug on module unload Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 21:40 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-22 22:33 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 23:16 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-27 22:06 ` Linus Walleij
2021-08-28 10:50 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 21:54 ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-08-22 22:42 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 23:10 ` Vladimir Oltean [this message]
2021-08-22 19:31 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 2/5] dt-bindings: net: dsa: realtek-smi: document new compatible rtl8365mb Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 21:44 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-23 10:15 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-08-24 16:51 ` Rob Herring
2021-08-27 22:08 ` Linus Walleij
2021-08-22 19:31 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 3/5] net: dsa: tag_rtl8_4: add realtek 8 byte protocol 4 tag Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 22:02 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-22 22:50 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 23:14 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-22 23:27 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 22:13 ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-08-22 23:11 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 23:25 ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-08-22 23:37 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 23:45 ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-08-23 0:28 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-23 0:31 ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-08-22 19:31 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 4/5] net: dsa: realtek-smi: add rtl8365mb subdriver for RTL8365MB-VC Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 22:48 ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-08-22 23:56 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-23 0:19 ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-08-23 1:22 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-23 2:12 ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-08-23 10:06 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-23 10:31 ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-08-23 10:54 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-23 13:13 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-23 13:20 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-27 22:24 ` Linus Walleij
2021-08-22 23:04 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-22 23:25 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-23 1:14 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-23 10:08 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-23 4:37 ` DENG Qingfang
2021-08-23 10:11 ` Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-22 19:31 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 5/5] net: phy: realtek: add support for RTL8365MB-VC internal PHYs Alvin Šipraga
2021-08-23 10:13 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-08-27 22:27 ` Linus Walleij
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