Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 07/11] net: dsa: microchip: lan937x: update switch register

[<Rakesh.Sankaranarayanan@microchip.com>]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the comment, I will change and test the code as you
explained and update the patch in next revision.

Thanks,
Rakesh S.

On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 16:40 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 02, 2023 at 06:29:26PM +0530, Rakesh Sankaranarayanan
> wrote:
> > Second switch in cascaded connection doesn't have port with macb
> > interface. dsa_switch_register returns error if macb interface is
> > not up. Due to this reason, second switch in cascaded connection
> > will
> > not report error during dsa_switch_register and mib thread work
> > will be
> > invoked even if actual switch register is not done. This will lead
> > to
> > kernel warning and it can be avoided by checking device tree setup
> > status. This will return true only after actual switch register is
> > done.
> 
> What i think you need to do is move the code into ksz_setup().
> 
> With a D in DSA setup, dsa_switch_register() adds the switch to the
> list of switches, and then a check is performed to see if all
> switches
> in the cluster have been registered. If not, it just returns. If all
> switches have been registered, it then iterates over all the switches
> can calls dsa_switch_ops.setup().
> 
> By moving the start of the MIB counter into setup(), it will only be
> started once all the switches are present, and it means you don't
> need
> to look at DSA core internal state.
> 
>         Andrew