Re: [PATCH net-next v6 4/7] net: stmmac: introduce pcs_init/pcs_exit stmmac operations

From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@bootlin.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
	"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"Rob Herring" <robh@kernel.org>,
	"Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
	"Conor Dooley" <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	"Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
	"Magnus Damm" <magnus.damm@gmail.com>,
	"Alexandre Torgue" <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com>,
	"Jose Abreu" <joabreu@synopsys.com>,
	"Maxime Coquelin" <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>,
	"Russell King" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
	"Clément Léger" <clement.leger@bootlin.com>,
	"Serge Semin" <fancer.lancer@gmail.com>,
	"Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
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	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	"Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>,
	"Maxime Chevallier" <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 4/7] net: stmmac: introduce pcs_init/pcs_exit stmmac operations
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 19:11:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240511181119.GU2347895@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240510-rzn1-gmac1-v6-4-b63942be334c@bootlin.com>

On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 09:38:11AM +0200, Romain Gantois wrote:
> From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
> 
> Introduce a mechanism whereby platforms can create their PCS instances
> prior to the network device being published to userspace, but after
> some of the core stmmac initialisation has been completed. This means
> that the data structures that platforms need will be available.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
> Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
> Reviewed-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@gmail.com>
> Co-developed-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@bootlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@bootlin.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c | 8 +++++++-
>  include/linux/stmmac.h                            | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
> index 778d79cdb2e6d..f562c563aab55 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
> @@ -505,7 +505,10 @@ int stmmac_pcs_setup(struct net_device *ndev)
>  	priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
>  	mode = priv->plat->phy_interface;
>  
> -	if (priv->plat->mdio_bus_data && priv->plat->mdio_bus_data->has_xpcs) {
> +	if (priv->plat->pcs_init) {
> +		ret = priv->plat->pcs_init(priv);
> +	} else if (priv->plat->mdio_bus_data &&
> +		   priv->plat->mdio_bus_data->has_xpcs) {
>  		/* Try to probe the XPCS by scanning all addresses */
>  		for (addr = 0; addr < PHY_MAX_ADDR; addr++) {
>  			xpcs = xpcs_create_mdiodev(priv->mii, addr, mode);

I am unsure if this can occur, but if priv->plat->pcs_init returns 0 then
xpcs will be used while uninitialised towards the end of this function.

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