linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: lan966x: check devm_of_phy_get() for -EDEFER

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Date:   Fri, 27 May 2022 04:48:33 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Cc:     horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: lan966x: check devm_of_phy_get() for -EDEFER_PROBE

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 26 May 2022 01:12:39 +0200 you wrote:
> At the moment, if devm_of_phy_get() returns an error the serdes
> simply isn't set. While it is bad to ignore an error in general, there
> is a particular bug that network isn't working if the serdes driver is
> compiled as a module. In that case, devm_of_phy_get() returns
> -EDEFER_PROBE and the error is silently ignored.
> 
> The serdes is optional, it is not there if the port is using RGMII, in
> which case devm_of_phy_get() returns -ENODEV. Rearrange the error
> handling so that -ENODEV will be handled but other error codes will
> abort the probing.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: lan966x: check devm_of_phy_get() for -EDEFER_PROBE
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf/c/b58cdd4388b1

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