linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: split phy page accessors

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:18:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, linux@...ck-us.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: split phy page accessors

From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:32:10 -0400

> Split mv88e6xxx_phy_page_read and mv88e6xxx_phy_page_write into two
> functions each, one to acquire the smi_mutex and one to call the actual
> read/write functions.
> 
> This will be useful to access registers such as Fiber/SERDES Control,
> from setup code with SMI lock held.
> 
> Also rename their "error" labels to "clear", since it is not only an
> error path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>

Please resubmit this alongside a patch that actually uses the new
facility.
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