Re: [PATCH 1/6] phylib: add mdiobus_{read,write}

[Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org>]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 01:27:11PM -0700, Trent Piepho wrote:

> > Add mdiobus_{read,write} routines to allow direct reading/writing
> > of registers on an mii bus without having to go through the PHY
> > abstraction, and make phy_{read,write} use these primitives.
> >
> > int phy_read(struct phy_device *phydev, u16 regnum)
> > {
> > -	int retval;
> > -	struct mii_bus *bus = phydev->bus;
> > -
> > -	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
> > -
> > -	mutex_lock(&bus->mdio_lock);
> > -	retval = bus->read(bus, phydev->addr, regnum);
> > -	mutex_unlock(&bus->mdio_lock);
> > -
> > -	return retval;
> > +	return mdiobus_read(phydev->bus, phydev->addr, regnum);
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_read);
> 
> Might want to make these function static inline.  Since they are
> external, gcc won't be able to inline them automatically.

If i make them static inline, I won't be able to call them from
external code, which was sort of the idea.

Or are you suggesting that I move them to include/linux/phy.h ?