linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v9 13/15] net: phylink: introduce phylink_fwnode_phy

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Date:   Tue, 15 Jun 2021 23:18:50 +0300
From:   andy@...facebook.localdomain
To:     Ioana Ciornei <ciorneiioana@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Grant Likely <grant.likely@....com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>,
        Pieter Jansen Van Vuuren <pieter.jansenvv@...boosystems.io>,
        Jon <jon@...id-run.com>, Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        calvin.johnson@....nxp.com,
        Cristi Sovaiala <cristian.sovaiala@....com>,
        Florin Laurentiu Chiculita <florinlaurentiu.chiculita@....com>,
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        Diana Madalina Craciun <diana.craciun@....com>,
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        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v9 13/15] net: phylink: introduce
 phylink_fwnode_phy_connect()

Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 01:53:59PM +0300, Ioana Ciornei kirjoitti:
> From: Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@....nxp.com>
> 
> Define phylink_fwnode_phy_connect() to connect phy specified by
> a fwnode to a phylink instance.

...

> +/**
> + * phylink_fwnode_phy_connect() - connect the PHY specified in the fwnode.
> + * @pl: a pointer to a &struct phylink returned from phylink_create()
> + * @fwnode: a pointer to a &struct fwnode_handle.
> + * @flags: PHY-specific flags to communicate to the PHY device driver
> + *
> + * Connect the phy specified @fwnode to the phylink instance specified
> + * by @pl.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success or a negative errno.
> + */
> +int phylink_fwnode_phy_connect(struct phylink *pl,
> +			       struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> +			       u32 flags)
> +{
> +	struct fwnode_handle *phy_fwnode;
> +	struct phy_device *phy_dev;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	/* Fixed links and 802.3z are handled without needing a PHY */
> +	if (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED ||
> +	    (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_INBAND &&
> +	     phy_interface_mode_is_8023z(pl->link_interface)))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	phy_fwnode = fwnode_get_phy_node(fwnode);
> +	if (IS_ERR(phy_fwnode)) {
> +		if (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_PHY)
> +			return -ENODEV;
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	phy_dev = fwnode_phy_find_device(phy_fwnode);
> +	/* We're done with the phy_node handle */
> +	fwnode_handle_put(phy_fwnode);

As per previous mail, who and when acquire this reference counting? Can it be
possible that caller will never call phylink_fwnode_phy_connect() and hence
reference counting will become disbalances?

We need to fix all this before the release.

> +	if (!phy_dev)
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +
> +	ret = phy_attach_direct(pl->netdev, phy_dev, flags,
> +				pl->link_interface);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		phy_device_free(phy_dev);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = phylink_bringup_phy(pl, phy_dev, pl->link_config.interface);
> +	if (ret)
> +		phy_detach(phy_dev);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko