Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] net: phy: hook up clause 45 autonegotiation restart

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 15:05:27 +0200

> > > +/**
> > > + * phy_restart_aneg - restart auto-negotiation
> > > + * @phydev: target phy_device struct
> > > + *
> > > + * Restart the autonegotiation on @phydev.  Returns >= 0 on success or
> > > + * negative errno on error.
> > > + */
> > > +int phy_restart_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
> > > +{
> > > +	int ret;
> > > +
> > > +	if (phydev->is_c45)
> > > +		ret = genphy_c45_restart_aneg(phydev);
> > > +	else
> > > +		ret = genphy_restart_aneg(phydev);
> > > +
> > > +	return ret;
> > > +}
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_restart_aneg);
> > 
> > Hi Russell
> > 
> > Isn't the same sort of thing needed in phy_aneg_done()?
> 
> No, because phy_aneg_done() already has hooks in it which PHY drivers
> can use to override the default C22 implementation.
> 
> I did toy with providing a similar conditional in phy_aneg_done(), but
> decided it was better to use the existing hooks where present, rather
> than needlessly adding additional code.

Hi Russell

So you are saying a 10G PHY driver always needs to have a aneg_done
callback, even if it just needs to call phygen_c45_aneg_done?

This seems a bit error prone. I can see somebody writing a 10G driver,
leaving out aneg_done() and having the c22 version called. Is the read
of MII_BMSR likely to return 0xffff, since the register does not
exist? If so, genphy_aneg_done() is likely to always return
BMSR_ANEGCOMPLETE.

Seems like a trap waiting for somebody to fall into it. The additional
code might be worth it to avoid placing this trap.

      Andrew