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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:37:44 -0700
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, jeffm@...e.com,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: fix circular dependency in of_mdio code

2014-06-27 16:23 GMT-07:00 Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>:
> Commit 86f6cf4127 (net: of_mdio: add of_mdiobus_link_phydev()) introduced a
> circular dependency between libphy and of_mdio.
>
> depmod: ERROR: <modroot>/kernel/drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko in
> dependency cycle!
> depmod: ERROR: <modroot>/kernel/drivers/of/of_mdio.ko in dependency cycle!
>
> The problem is that of_mdio.c references &mdio_bus_type and libphy now
> references of_mdiobus_link_phydev.
>
> Fix this by not exporting of_mdiobus_link_phydev() from of_mdio.ko.
> Make it a static function in mdio_bus.c instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
> Fixes: 86f6cf4127 (net: of_mdio: add of_mdiobus_link_phydev())

Thanks Daniel!

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

> ---
> v2: Provide a stub for of_mdiobus_link_phydev() for !CONFIG_OF_MDIO.
>
>  drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/of/of_mdio.c       | 34 ----------------------------------
>  include/linux/of_mdio.h    |  8 --------
>  3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> index 2e58aa5..4eaadcf 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> @@ -187,6 +187,50 @@ struct mii_bus *of_mdio_find_bus(struct device_node *mdio_bus_np)
>         return d ? to_mii_bus(d) : NULL;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_mdio_find_bus);
> +
> +/* Walk the list of subnodes of a mdio bus and look for a node that matches the
> + * phy's address with its 'reg' property. If found, set the of_node pointer for
> + * the phy. This allows auto-probed pyh devices to be supplied with information
> + * passed in via DT.
> + */
> +static void of_mdiobus_link_phydev(struct mii_bus *mdio,
> +                                  struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> +       struct device *dev = &phydev->dev;
> +       struct device_node *child;
> +
> +       if (dev->of_node || !mdio->dev.of_node)
> +               return;
> +
> +       for_each_available_child_of_node(mdio->dev.of_node, child) {
> +               int addr;
> +               int ret;
> +
> +               ret = of_property_read_u32(child, "reg", &addr);
> +               if (ret < 0) {
> +                       dev_err(dev, "%s has invalid PHY address\n",
> +                               child->full_name);
> +                       continue;
> +               }
> +
> +               /* A PHY must have a reg property in the range [0-31] */
> +               if (addr >= PHY_MAX_ADDR) {
> +                       dev_err(dev, "%s PHY address %i is too large\n",
> +                               child->full_name, addr);
> +                       continue;
> +               }
> +
> +               if (addr == phydev->addr) {
> +                       dev->of_node = child;
> +                       return;
> +               }
> +       }
> +}
> +#else /* !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_MDIO) */
> +static inline void of_mdiobus_link_phydev(struct mii_bus *mdio,
> +                                         struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> +}
>  #endif
>
>  /**
> diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
> index fb4a598..38fa57c 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
> @@ -182,40 +182,6 @@ int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct device_node *np)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_mdiobus_register);
>
> -/**
> - * of_mdiobus_link_phydev - Find a device node for a phy
> - * @mdio: pointer to mii_bus structure
> - * @phydev: phydev for which the of_node pointer should be set
> - *
> - * Walk the list of subnodes of a mdio bus and look for a node that matches the
> - * phy's address with its 'reg' property. If found, set the of_node pointer for
> - * the phy. This allows auto-probed pyh devices to be supplied with information
> - * passed in via DT.
> - */
> -void of_mdiobus_link_phydev(struct mii_bus *mdio,
> -                           struct phy_device *phydev)
> -{
> -       struct device *dev = &phydev->dev;
> -       struct device_node *child;
> -
> -       if (dev->of_node || !mdio->dev.of_node)
> -               return;
> -
> -       for_each_available_child_of_node(mdio->dev.of_node, child) {
> -               int addr;
> -
> -               addr = of_mdio_parse_addr(&mdio->dev, child);
> -               if (addr < 0)
> -                       continue;
> -
> -               if (addr == phydev->addr) {
> -                       dev->of_node = child;
> -                       return;
> -               }
> -       }
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_mdiobus_link_phydev);
> -
>  /* Helper function for of_phy_find_device */
>  static int of_phy_match(struct device *dev, void *phy_np)
>  {
> diff --git a/include/linux/of_mdio.h b/include/linux/of_mdio.h
> index a70c949..d449018 100644
> --- a/include/linux/of_mdio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/of_mdio.h
> @@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ struct phy_device *of_phy_attach(struct net_device *dev,
>
>  extern struct mii_bus *of_mdio_find_bus(struct device_node *mdio_np);
>
> -extern void of_mdiobus_link_phydev(struct mii_bus *mdio,
> -                                  struct phy_device *phydev);
> -
>  #else /* CONFIG_OF */
>  static inline int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct device_node *np)
>  {
> @@ -63,11 +60,6 @@ static inline struct mii_bus *of_mdio_find_bus(struct device_node *mdio_np)
>  {
>         return NULL;
>  }
> -
> -static inline void of_mdiobus_link_phydev(struct mii_bus *mdio,
> -                                         struct phy_device *phydev)
> -{
> -}
>  #endif /* CONFIG_OF */
>
>  #if defined(CONFIG_OF) && defined(CONFIG_FIXED_PHY)
> --
> 1.9.3
>



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Florian
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