linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 3/3] phy: dp83tg720: Add statistics support

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Message-ID: <f18ac2ce-3bbf-4f12-8d0c-14429aaf9e40@lunn.ch>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:49:50 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 3/3] phy: dp83tg720: Add statistics support

On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 01:59:39PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Introduce statistics support for the DP83TG720 PHY driver, enabling
> detailed monitoring and reporting of link quality and packet-related
> metrics.
> 
> To avoid double reading of certain registers, the implementation caches
> all relevant register values in a single operation. This approach
> ensures accurate and consistent data retrieval, particularly for
> registers that clear upon reading or require special handling.
> 
> Some of the statistics, such as link training times, do not increment
> and therefore require special handling during the extraction process.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew