Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] net: phy: add marvell usb to mdio controller

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 10:09:28AM +0100, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> On Sun Mar 22, 2020 at 8:40 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > From a USB point of view, it looks sane, only one question:
> 
> Great, thanks for the review.
> 
> > > +static int mvusb_mdio_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
> > > +			    const struct usb_device_id *id)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct device *dev = &interface->dev;
> > > +	struct mvusb_mdio *mvusb;
> > > +	struct mii_bus *mdio;
> > > +
> > > +	mdio = devm_mdiobus_alloc_size(dev, sizeof(*mvusb));
> >
> > 
> > You allocate a bigger buffer here than the original pointer thinks it is
> > pointing to?
> 
> Yes. I've seen this pattern in a couple of places in the kernel,
> e.g. alloc_netdev also does this. The object is extended with the
> requested size, and the offset is stored somewhere for later use by
> the driver.
> 
> > > +	if (!mdio)
> > > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > > +
> > > +	mvusb = mdio->priv;
> >
> > 
> > And then you set this pointer here?
> 
> ...in this case in the priv member.
> 
> https://code.woboq.org/linux/linux/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c.html#143

Ok, just wanted to make sure :)

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>