Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: phy_link_topology: Handle NULL topologies

[Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>]

On 12.04.2024 12:46, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> In situations where phylib is a module, the topology can be NULL as it's
> not initialized at netdev creation.
> 
> Allow passing a NULL topology pointer to phy_link_topo helpers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/2e11b89d-100f-49e7-9c9a-834cc0b82f97@gmail.com/
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240409201553.GA4124869@dev-arch.thelio-3990X/
> ---
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This patch fixes a commit that is in net-next, hence the net-next tag and the
> lack of "Fixes" tag.
> 
> Nathan, Heiner, can you confirm this solves what you're seeing ?
> 
> I think we can improve on this solution by moving the topology init at
> the first PHY insertion and clearing it at netdev destruction.
> 
Not on every system the topology extension is needed, it may just create
overhead on such systems. Would it make sense to hide it behind a config symbol?

> Maxime
> 
>  drivers/net/phy/phy_link_topology.c | 10 +++++++++-
>  include/linux/phy_link_topology.h   |  7 ++++++-
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_link_topology.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_link_topology.c
> index 985941c5c558..0f3973f07fac 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_link_topology.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_link_topology.c
> @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ int phy_link_topo_add_phy(struct phy_link_topology *topo,
>  	struct phy_device_node *pdn;
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	if (!topo)
> +		return 0;
> +

This one I added as temporary workaround already, it fixes the issue for me.

>  	pdn = kzalloc(sizeof(*pdn), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!pdn)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -93,7 +96,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_link_topo_add_phy);
>  void phy_link_topo_del_phy(struct phy_link_topology *topo,
>  			   struct phy_device *phy)
>  {
> -	struct phy_device_node *pdn = xa_erase(&topo->phys, phy->phyindex);
> +	struct phy_device_node *pdn;
> +
> +	if (!topo)
> +		return;
> +
> +	pdn = xa_erase(&topo->phys, phy->phyindex);
>  
>  	/* We delete the PHY from the topology, however we don't re-set the
>  	 * phy->phyindex field. If the PHY isn't gone, we can re-assign it the
> diff --git a/include/linux/phy_link_topology.h b/include/linux/phy_link_topology.h
> index 6b79feb607e7..21ca78127d0f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/phy_link_topology.h
> +++ b/include/linux/phy_link_topology.h
> @@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ struct phy_link_topology {
>  static inline struct phy_device *
>  phy_link_topo_get_phy(struct phy_link_topology *topo, u32 phyindex)
>  {
> -	struct phy_device_node *pdn = xa_load(&topo->phys, phyindex);
> +	struct phy_device_node *pdn;
> +
> +	if (!topo)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	pdn = xa_load(&topo->phys, phyindex);
>  
>  	if (pdn)
>  		return pdn->phy;


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