netdev - Re: [PATCH] phylib: phy_ethtool_{sset,gset} -- check phydev for NULL

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Date:	Fri, 11 May 2007 09:44:23 -0500
From:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	matvejchikov@...il.com
Cc:	"Jeff Garzik" <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phylib: phy_ethtool_{sset,gset} -- check phydev for NULL


On May 11, 2007, at 8:49 AM, Matvejchikov Ilya wrote:

> 2007/5/11, Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>:
>>
>> On May 11, 2007, at 5:58 AM, Matvejchikov Ilya wrote:
>>
>> > Signed-off-by: Matvejchikov Ilya <matvejchikov@...il.com>
>> > ---
>> >
>> > diff -purN linux-2.6.21-clean/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
>> > linux-2.6.21/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
>> > --- linux-2.6.21-clean/drivers/net/phy/phy.c  2007-04-26
>> > 07:08:32.000000000 +0400
>> > +++ linux-2.6.21/drivers/net/phy/phy.c        2007-05-04
>> > 08:22:01.000000000 +0400
>> > @@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_sanitize_settings);
>> >  */
>> > int phy_ethtool_sset(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ethtool_cmd
>> > *cmd)
>> > {
>> > +     if (unlikely(!phydev))
>> > +             return -EINVAL;
>>
>> Should this be -ENODEV?
>
> If we get the ENODEV error, we are suppose that there is no device at
> all. PHY device may not be connected to the NET device. But if it
> exists we can't say that there is NODEV...
>
> I think it should be -EINVAL.

Hmm, if the phy isn't connected to the NET device doesn't that mean  
we don't have a PHY device (from the point of view of the netdevice),  
thus NODEV?

Whatever we should cleanup the current users of phy_ethtool_sset/ 
phy_ethtool_gset.

>> > +
>> >       if (cmd->phy_address != phydev->addr)
>> >               return -EINVAL;
>> >
>> > @@ -289,6 +292,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_ethtool_sset);
>> >
>> > int phy_ethtool_gset(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ethtool_cmd
>> > *cmd)
>> > {
>> > +     if (unlikely(!phydev))
>> > +             return -EINVAL;
>>
>> same question.
>
> The same answer :)
>
>> > +
>> >       cmd->supported = phydev->supported;
>> >
>> >       cmd->advertising = phydev->advertising;
>> > -
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