netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] net: phy: warn if phy

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Message-ID: <20190121182928.GC16212@lunn.ch>
Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 19:29:28 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] net: phy: warn if phy_start is called
 from invalid state

> For all invalid states phy_start() basically was a no-op. All it did was
> triggering a state machine run, but for all "running" states the poll
> loop was active anyway. And if called from PHY_DOWN, the state machine
> does nothing. Therefore I see no scenario where jumping to out would
> break anything.

Hi Heiner

It is useful to put this sort of analysis in the commit message. You
then won't get people like me asking about it.

     Andrew