Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] net: dsa: microchip: add MIB counter reading support

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:08:26 +0100

> +static void mib_monitor(struct timer_list *t)
> +{
> +	struct ksz_device *dev = from_timer(dev, t, mib_read_timer);
> +	const struct dsa_port *dp;
> +	struct net_device *netdev;
> +	struct ksz_port_mib *mib;
> +	struct ksz_port *p;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	mod_timer(&dev->mib_read_timer, jiffies + dev->mib_read_interval);
> +
> +	/* Check which port needs to read MIB counters. */
> +	for (i = 0; i < dev->mib_port_cnt; i++) {
> +		p = &dev->ports[i];
> +		if (!p->on)
> +			continue;
> +		dp = dsa_to_port(dev->ds, i);
> +		netdev = dp->slave;
> +
> +		mib = &p->mib;
> +		mutex_lock(&mib->cnt_mutex);
> +
> +		/* Read only dropped counters when link is not up. */
> +		if (netdev && netdev->phydev && !netdev->phydev->link)
> +			mib->cnt_ptr = dev->reg_mib_cnt;
> +		mutex_unlock(&mib->cnt_mutex);
> +		p->read = true;
> +	}
> +	schedule_work(&dev->mib_read);
> +}

Hi Tristram

This is much easier to understand. Thanks for making the change.

However, i suspect Florian was suggesting you use
netif_carrier_ok(netdev), not poke around inside the phydev structure.

	Andrew