Re: [PATCH net-next v4 4/4] net: mdio: reset PHY before attempting to access registers in fwnode_mdiobus_register_phy

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:08:53 +0200 Buday Csaba wrote:
> +/* Hard-reset a PHY before registration */
> +static int fwnode_reset_phy(struct mii_bus *bus, u32 addr,
> +			    struct fwnode_handle *phy_node)
> +{
> +	struct mdio_device *tmpdev;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	tmpdev = mdio_device_create(bus, addr);
> +	if (IS_ERR(tmpdev))
> +		return PTR_ERR(tmpdev);
> +
> +	fwnode_handle_get(phy_node);
> +	device_set_node(&tmpdev->dev, phy_node);
> +	err = mdio_device_register_reset(tmpdev);
> +	if (err) {
> +		mdio_device_free(tmpdev);
> +		return err;

Should we worry about -EPROBE_DEFER on any of the error paths here?
If not maybe consider making this function void? We can add errors
back if the caller starts to care.

> +	}
> +
> +	if (mdio_device_has_reset(tmpdev)) {
> +		dev_info(&bus->dev,
> +			 "PHY device at address %d not detected, resetting PHY.",
> +			 addr);

IDK if this is still strictly necessary but I guess \n at the end of
the info msg would be idiomatic