Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] net: phy: Don't use drv when it is NULL in phy_attached_print

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 01:45:30PM +0200, Romain Perier wrote:
> Currently, if this logging function is used prior the phy driver is
> bound to the phy device (that is usually done from .ndo_open),
> 'phydev->drv' might be NULL, resulting in a kernel crash. That is
> typically the case in the stmmac driver, info about the phy is displayed
> during the registration of the MDIO bus, and then genphy driver is bound
> to this phydev when .ndo_open is called.
> 
> This commit fixes the issue by using the right genphy driver, when
> phydev->drv is NULL.
> 
> Fixes: fbca164776e4 ("net: stmmac: Use the right logging functi")
> Signed-off-by: Romain Perier <romain.perier@collabora.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> index 1790f7fec125..6af6dc6dfeaf 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> @@ -864,15 +864,24 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_attached_info);
>  #define ATTACHED_FMT "attached PHY driver [%s] (mii_bus:phy_addr=%s, irq=%d)"
>  void phy_attached_print(struct phy_device *phydev, const char *fmt, ...)
>  {
> +	struct phy_driver *drv = phydev->drv;
> +
> +	if (!drv) {
> +		if (phydev->is_c45)
> +			drv = &genphy_10g_driver;
> +		else
> +			drv = &genphy_driver;
> +	}
> +

As i said in my comment to v1, i don't like this.

   Andrew