linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: dp83869: Add TI dp83869 phy

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Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 12:05:25 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, andrew@...n.ch,
        davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: dp83869: Add TI dp83869 phy

On 11/5/19 12:02 PM, Dan Murphy wrote:
int ret, val;
>>> +
>>> +    if (!phydev->priv) {
>>> +        dp83869 = devm_kzalloc(&phydev->mdio.dev, sizeof(*dp83869),
>>> +                       GFP_KERNEL);
>> This belongs into the probe callback.
> probe callback?  Why do I need a probe function?

To allocate your driver private memory and do that just once,
config_init() can be called multiple times through the lifetime of your
PHY device driver, including but not limited to: phy_connect(),
phy_init_hw(), phy_resume() etc. etc.
-- 
Florian