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From: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@microchip.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	Arun Ramadoss <arun.ramadoss@microchip.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
	kernel@pengutronix.de, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/5] net: dsa: microchip: improving error handling for 8-bit register RMW operations
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 19:32:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230524173240.GA7074@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZG4FmSKeQzp6yG7z@shell.armlinux.org.uk>

On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 01:39:53PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 02:32:16PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > This patch refines the error handling mechanism for 8-bit register
> > read-modify-write operations. In case of a failure, it now logs an error
> > message detailing the problematic offset. This enhancement aids in
> > debugging by providing more precise information when these operations
> > encounter issues.
> > 
> > Furthermore, the ksz_prmw8() function has been updated to return error
> > values rather than void, enabling calling functions to appropriately
> > respond to errors.
> 
> What happens when there is an error that affects the current and future
> accesses? Does this PHY driver then begin to flood the kernel log?

Yes. In the same way as it is done in all ksz_read*/ksz_write* helpers.

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-24 17:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-24 12:32 [PATCH net-next v1 0/5] Microchip DSA Driver Improvements Oleksij Rempel
2023-05-24 12:32 ` [PATCH net-next v1 1/5] net: dsa: microchip: improving error handling for 8-bit register RMW operations Oleksij Rempel
2023-05-24 12:39   ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-05-24 17:32     ` Oleksij Rempel [this message]
2023-05-24 12:32 ` [PATCH net-next v1 2/5] net: dsa: microchip: add an enum for regmap widths Oleksij Rempel
2023-05-24 17:03   ` Andrew Lunn
2023-05-24 17:53     ` Oleksij Rempel
2023-05-24 12:32 ` [PATCH net-next v1 3/5] net: dsa: microchip: remove ksz_port:on variable Oleksij Rempel
2023-05-24 16:51   ` Andrew Lunn
2023-05-24 12:32 ` [PATCH net-next v1 4/5] net: dsa: microchip: ksz8: Prepare ksz8863_smi for regmap register access validation Oleksij Rempel
2023-05-24 16:59   ` Andrew Lunn
2023-05-24 17:56     ` Oleksij Rempel
2023-05-24 12:32 ` [PATCH net-next v1 5/5] net: dsa: microchip: Add register access control for KSZ8873 chip Oleksij Rempel

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