Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: phy_ethtool_ksettings_set: Don't discard phy_start_aneg's return

From: Heiner Kallweit <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2021 22:52:24 +0100

On 05.11.2021 16:36, [email-masked] wrote:
> From: Bastian Germann <[email-masked]>
> 
> Take the return of phy_start_aneg into account so that ethtool will handle
> negotiation errors and not silently accept invalid input.
> 
> Fixes: 2d55173e71b0 ("phy: add generic function to support ksetting support")
> Signed-off-by: Bastian Germann <[email-masked]>
> Reviewed-by: Benedikt Spranger <[email-masked]>

In addition to what Andrew said already:

- This patch won't apply on net due to a4db9055fdb9.
- Patch misses the "net" annotation.
- Prefix should be "net: phy:", not "phy:".

At least the formal aspects should have been covered by the internal review.

> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> index a3bfb156c83d..f740b533abba 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> @@ -770,6 +770,8 @@ static int phy_poll_aneg_done(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  int phy_ethtool_ksettings_set(struct phy_device *phydev,
>  			      const struct ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd)
>  {
> +	int ret = 0;

Why initializing ret?

> +
>  	__ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK(advertising);
>  	u8 autoneg = cmd->base.autoneg;
>  	u8 duplex = cmd->base.duplex;
> @@ -815,10 +817,10 @@ int phy_ethtool_ksettings_set(struct phy_device *phydev,
>  	phydev->mdix_ctrl = cmd->base.eth_tp_mdix_ctrl;
>  
>  	/* Restart the PHY */
> -	_phy_start_aneg(phydev);
> +	ret = _phy_start_aneg(phydev);
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
> -	return 0;
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_ethtool_ksettings_set);
>  
>