linux-kernel - [PATCH net v1] mlxbf_gige: return EPROBE

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Message-ID: <20250613185129.1998882-1-davthompson@nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:51:29 +0000
From: David Thompson <davthompson@...dia.com>
To: <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>, <horms@...nel.org>,
	<u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, David Thompson
	<davthompson@...dia.com>, Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v1] mlxbf_gige: return EPROBE_DEFER if PHY IRQ is not available

The message "Error getting PHY irq. Use polling instead"
is emitted when the mlxbf_gige driver is loaded by the
kernel before the associated gpio-mlxbf driver, and thus
the call to get the PHY IRQ fails since it is not yet
available. The driver probe() must return -EPROBE_DEFER
if acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get_by() returns the same.

Signed-off-by: David Thompson <davthompson@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@...dia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
index fb2e5b844c15..d76d7a945899 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
@@ -447,8 +447,10 @@ static int mlxbf_gige_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv->llu_plu_irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, MLXBF_GIGE_LLU_PLU_INTR_IDX);
 
 	phy_irq = acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get_by(ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev), "phy", 0);
-	if (phy_irq < 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Error getting PHY irq. Use polling instead");
+	if (phy_irq == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+		err = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		goto out;
+	} else if (phy_irq < 0) {
 		phy_irq = PHY_POLL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.43.2