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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
	allan.nielsen@microsemi.com, raju.lakkaraju@microsemi.com,
	vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/5] net: phy: bcm7xxx: Add support for downshift/Wirespeed
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 21:57:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161122205747.GH14947@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1902f0f0-46e5-d3b3-90c1-10867f4fb826@gmail.com>

> > Maybe we should think about this locking a bit. It is normal for the
> > lock to be held when using ops in the phy driver structure. The
> > exception is suspend/resume. Maybe we should also take the lock before
> > calling the phydev->drv->get_tunable() and phydev->drv->set_tunable()?
> 
> Yes, that certainly seems like a good approach to me, let me cook a
> patch doing that.

Hi Florian

There are a couple of mutex locks/unlocks you will need to remove from
mscc.c when you centralize this mutex.

       Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-22 20:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-22 19:40 [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: phy: broadcom: Wirespeed/downshift support Florian Fainelli
2016-11-22 19:40 ` [PATCH net-next 1/5] net: phy: broadcom: Move bcm54xx_auxctl_{read,write} to common library Florian Fainelli
2016-11-22 19:40 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: phy: broadcom: Add support code for downshift/Wirespeed Florian Fainelli
2016-11-22 19:40 ` [PATCH net-next 3/5] net: phy: broadcom: Allow enabling or disabling of EEE Florian Fainelli
2016-11-22 19:40 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] net: phy: bcm7xxx: Add support for downshift/Wirespeed Florian Fainelli
2016-11-22 20:02   ` Andrew Lunn
2016-11-22 20:07     ` Florian Fainelli
2016-11-22 20:57       ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2016-11-22 21:01         ` Florian Fainelli
2016-11-23 11:45       ` Allan W. Nielsen
2016-11-23 14:46         ` Andrew Lunn
2016-11-23 18:16           ` Florian Fainelli
2016-11-22 19:40 ` [PATCH net-next 5/5] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Ensure we re-negotiate EEE during after link change Florian Fainelli
2016-11-24 20:54 ` [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: phy: broadcom: Wirespeed/downshift support David Miller

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