Re: [PATCH net-next v6 2/7] net: phy: phylink: add helper to modify pause

[Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>]

Hi Javen,

On 7/13/26 09:51, Javen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> There's a change in the MAC's ability to support Pause, so we should :
>>
>> - Recompute the pl->supported field. Update the config.mac_capabilities with
>> the
>>   new pause settings, calling phylink_validate() should do the trick I think, this
>>   will rebuild the capability list:
>>
>>   phylink_validate(pl, pl->supported, &pl->link_config);
>>
>> - Then update the pl->link_config.pause,
>>
>> - Then update the pause advertising, like done in phylink_setpauseparam
>>   ( I think, everything that comes after pl->state_mutex gets released in
>>    phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam)
>>
>> Ideally, the logic to update the advertising and re-trigger a negociation should
>> be factored out in a private helper, then reused from both this path (MAC
>> updates pause support) and the phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam path.
>>
>> Maxime
> 
> Thanks for review and helpful suggestions.
> 
> I agree with your suggestion to factor out the logic into a private helper and reuse it for both phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam() and phylink_update_mac_pause_capabilities().
> 
> Here is the refactored logic. I want to share this specific part with you for a quick check before I submit v7 patch.

I'm currently attending the netdev conference, It'll take a few days for me to
look at this, sorry about that :/

Maxime