netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] net: phylink: support for link gpio interrupt

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Date:   Mon, 20 May 2019 11:22:21 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] net: phylink: support for link gpio
 interrupt

On 5/20/19 8:22 AM, Russell King wrote:
> Add support for using GPIO interrupts with a fixed-link GPIO rather than
> polling the GPIO every second and invoking the phylink resolution.  This
> avoids unnecessary calls to mac_config().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Just one comment, see below:

[snip]

> -	if (pl->link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED && !IS_ERR(pl->link_gpio))
> -		del_timer_sync(&pl->link_poll);
> +	del_timer_sync(&pl->link_poll);

Removing a timer that was only set-up if pl->link_an_mode ==
MLO_AN_FIXED probably does not hurt, but this breaks symmetry a bit here.
-- 
Florian