netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/2] Add mii_bus to ixgbe driver for dsa devs

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Message-ID: <20181204104038.GB741@lunn.ch>
Date:   Tue, 4 Dec 2018 11:40:38 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     Steve Douthit <stephend@...icom-usa.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/2] Add mii_bus to ixgbe driver for dsa devs

> Yes the current solution whereby we need to get a hold on the network
> device's struct device reference is not quite ideal, AFAIR, Andrew has
> had the same problem.

Yes, it is not nice, and there is a race with systemd renaming the
interfaces using its naming rules. We need a way to lookup an
interface based on a bus location, or similar, not by name.

	  Andrew