Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 1/3] net: phy: extend PHY package API to support multiple global address

From: Christian Marangi <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:23:03 +0100

On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 07:19:16PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > static inline int phy_package_read(struct phy_device *phydev,
> > > 				   unsigned int addr_offset, u32 regnum)
> > > {
> > > 	struct phy_package_shared *shared = phydev->shared;
> > > 	int addr = shared->base_addr + addr_offset;
> > 
> > Isn't this problematic if shared is NULL?
> 
> Duh! Yes, it is. But why should shared be NULL? The driver is doing a
> read on the package before the package is created. That is a bug. So
> an Opps is O.K, it helps find the bug. So i would drop the test for
> !shared.

Well yes I think we should assume those API to be called only in
config_once context or in package context. But is it Panic ok? I would
at least use something like BUG() to give descriptive warning instead of
NULL pointer exception. What do you think?

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