Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] Introduce MDIO probe order C45 over C22

From: Wong Vee Khee <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 22:15:57 +0800

On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 04:19:43AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Yeah, you're right. Thanks for pointing that out. It should be:
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> > index 1539ea021ac0..73bfde770f2d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> > @@ -862,11 +862,22 @@ struct phy_device *get_phy_device(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, bool is_c45)
> >         c45_ids.mmds_present = 0;
> >         memset(c45_ids.device_ids, 0xff, sizeof(c45_ids.device_ids));
> > 
> > -       if (is_c45)
> > +       if (is_c45) {
> >                 r = get_phy_c45_ids(bus, addr, &c45_ids);
> > -       else
> > +       } else {
> >                 r = get_phy_c22_id(bus, addr, &phy_id);
> > 
> > +               if (phy_id == 0) {
> > +                       r = get_phy_c45_ids(bus, addr, &c45_ids);
> > +                       if (r == -ENOTSUPP || r == -ENODEV)
> > +                               return phy_device_create(bus, addr, phy_id,
> > +                                                        false, &c45_ids);
> > +                       else
> > +                               return phy_device_create(bus, addr, phy_id,
> > +                                                        true, &c45_ids);
> 
> Still not correct. Think about when get_phy_c22_id() returns an
> error. Walk through all the different code paths and check they do the
> right thing. It is actually a lot more complex than what is shown
> here. Think about all the different types of PHYs and all the
> different types of MDIO bus drivers.
>

I took a look at how most ethernet drivers implement their "bus->read"
function. Most of them either return -EIO or -ENODEV.

I think it safe to drop the return error type when we try with C45 access:

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 1539ea021ac0..282d16fdf6e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -870,6 +870,18 @@ struct phy_device *get_phy_device(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, bool is_c45)
        if (r)
                return ERR_PTR(r);

+       /* PHY device such as the Marvell Alaska 88E2110 will return a PHY ID
+        * of 0 when probed using get_phy_c22_id() with no error. Proceed to
+        * probe with C45 to see if we're able to get a valid PHY ID in the C45
+        * space, if successful, create the C45 PHY device.
+        */
+       if ((!is_c45) && (phy_id == 0)) {
+               r = get_phy_c45_ids(bus, addr, &c45_ids);
+               if (!r)
+                       return phy_device_create(bus, addr, phy_id,
+                                                true, &c45_ids);
+       }
+
        return phy_device_create(bus, addr, phy_id, is_c45, &c45_ids);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_phy_device);

With this implementation, it should have handled all four scenarios listed
in the table below:

    *------------------*------------*------------*
    | get_phy_c22_id() |  phy_id==0 |   Handled  |
    |   return error   |            |            |
    *------------------*------------*------------*
    |     false        |    false   |   true     |
    *------------------*------------*------------*
    |     false        |    true    |   true     |
    *------------------*------------*------------*
    |     true         |    false   |   true     |
    *------------------*------------*------------*
    |     true         |    true    |   true     |
    *------------------*------------*------------*

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