Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 6/9] net: phy: marvell10g: use phy_read_mmd_poll_timeout() to simplify the code

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 16:36:59 +0100

> --- a/drivers/net/phy/marvell10g.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/marvell10g.c
> @@ -241,22 +241,17 @@ static int mv3310_power_up(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  
>  static int mv3310_reset(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 unit)
>  {
> -	int retries, val, err;
> +	int val, err;
>  
>  	err = phy_modify_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_PCS, unit + MDIO_CTRL1,
>  			     MDIO_CTRL1_RESET, MDIO_CTRL1_RESET);
>  	if (err < 0)
>  		return err;
>  
> -	retries = 20;
> -	do {
> -		msleep(5);
> -		val = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_PCS, unit + MDIO_CTRL1);
> -		if (val < 0)
> -			return val;
> -	} while (val & MDIO_CTRL1_RESET && --retries);

This is another example of the sleep happening first. To keep the code
more similar, you probably should add an msleep(5) before calling
phy_read_mmd_poll_timeout().

	Andrew