netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: smsc911x: Fix bug where PHY interrupts are overwritten by 0

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:53:18 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	steve.glendinning@...well.net, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: smsc911x: Fix bug where PHY interrupts are
 overwritten by 0

On 06/16/2016 09:55 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

>> By default, mdiobus_alloc() sets the PHY's to polling mode, but a
>
>    Rather "PHYs".
>
>> pointer size memcpy means that couple IRQs (depending
>
>    Could be more words on this line, it's broken too early, I think.
>
>> on 32-bit or 64-bit kernels) end up being overwritten with
>> a value of 0. This means that PHY_POLL is disabled and results
>> in unpredictable behavior depending on the PHYs location on the mdio
>
>    Contrariwise, "PHY's" here. And it's MDIO.
>
>> bus. Remove that memcpy and the now unused phy_irq member to force
>> SMSC911x PHY's into polling mode 100% of the time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
>
> Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>

    I was going to add the following too but just forgot:

Fixes: e7f4dc3536a4 ("mdio: Move allocation of interrupts into core")

> [...]

MBR, Sergei