Re: [PATCH net-next] microchip: lan865x: add ndo_eth_ioctl handler to enable PHY ioctl support

[Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>]

On 8/22/25 10:50 AM, Parthiban Veerasooran wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan865x/lan865x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan865x/lan865x.c
> index 84c41f193561..7f586f9558ff 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan865x/lan865x.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan865x/lan865x.c
> @@ -320,12 +320,22 @@ static int lan865x_net_open(struct net_device *netdev)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static int lan865x_eth_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *rq,
> +			     int cmd)
> +{
> +	if (!netif_running(netdev))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	return phy_mii_ioctl(netdev->phydev, rq, cmd);
> +}
> +
>  static const struct net_device_ops lan865x_netdev_ops = {
>  	.ndo_open		= lan865x_net_open,
>  	.ndo_stop		= lan865x_net_close,
>  	.ndo_start_xmit		= lan865x_send_packet,
>  	.ndo_set_rx_mode	= lan865x_set_multicast_list,
>  	.ndo_set_mac_address	= lan865x_set_mac_address,
> +	.ndo_eth_ioctl          = lan865x_eth_ioctl,

It looks like you could use directly phy_do_ioctl_running() and avoid
some code duplication.

/P