netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Protect {get,set}_phy

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Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:02:50 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        andrew@...n.ch, allan.nielsen@...rosemi.com,
        raju.lakkaraju@...rosemi.com, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Protect {get,set}_phy_tunable with PHY
 device mutex

On 11/22/2016 12:13 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> PHY drivers should be able to rely on the caller of {get,set}_tunable to
> have acquired the PHY device mutex, in order to both serialize against
> concurrent calls of these functions, but also against PHY state machine
> changes. All ethtool PHY-level functions do this, except
> {get,set}_tunable, so we make them consistent here as well.
> 
> Fixes: 968ad9da7e0e ("ethtool: Implements ETHTOOL_PHY_GTUNABLE/ETHTOOL_PHY_STUNABLE")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

David, please discard, this is going to create problems for the
Microsemi PHY driver since it also acquires phydev->lock. (patch has
been marked accordingly in patchwork.
Thanks!
-- 
Florian