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Message-ID: <20190528131048.w5wywchf7hffoyzx@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 28 May 2019 14:10:48 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: phy: export phy_queue_state_machine

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 08:28:04PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> We face the issue that link change interrupt and link status may be
> reported by different layers. As a result the link change interrupt

I'd describe this as "different PHY layers" to make it clear that we're
talking about the different blocks (eg, PMA vs PCS) in the PHY.

> may occur before the link status changes.
> Export phy_queue_state_machine to allow PHY drivers to specify a
> delay between link status change interrupt and link status check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>

It should be noted that on its own, this change isn't useful, as
there's no way for a driver to use it without the following patch.

Other than that...

Suggested-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Thanks.

> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 8 +++++---
>  include/linux/phy.h   | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> index e88854292..20955836c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>  #include <linux/atomic.h>
>  
> +#define PHY_STATE_TIME	HZ
> +
>  #define PHY_STATE_STR(_state)			\
>  	case PHY_##_state:			\
>  		return __stringify(_state);	\
> @@ -478,12 +480,12 @@ int phy_mii_ioctl(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_mii_ioctl);
>  
> -static void phy_queue_state_machine(struct phy_device *phydev,
> -				    unsigned int secs)
> +void phy_queue_state_machine(struct phy_device *phydev, unsigned int jiffies)
>  {
>  	mod_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &phydev->state_queue,
> -			 secs * HZ);
> +			 jiffies);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_queue_state_machine);
>  
>  static void phy_trigger_machine(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  {
> diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
> index 7180b1d1e..b133d59f3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/phy.h
> +++ b/include/linux/phy.h
> @@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ static inline const char *phy_modes(phy_interface_t interface)
>  
>  
>  #define PHY_INIT_TIMEOUT	100000
> -#define PHY_STATE_TIME		1
>  #define PHY_FORCE_TIMEOUT	10
>  
>  #define PHY_MAX_ADDR	32
> @@ -1137,6 +1136,7 @@ int phy_driver_register(struct phy_driver *new_driver, struct module *owner);
>  int phy_drivers_register(struct phy_driver *new_driver, int n,
>  			 struct module *owner);
>  void phy_state_machine(struct work_struct *work);
> +void phy_queue_state_machine(struct phy_device *phydev, unsigned int jiffies);
>  void phy_mac_interrupt(struct phy_device *phydev);
>  void phy_start_machine(struct phy_device *phydev);
>  void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device *phydev);
> -- 
> 2.21.0
> 
> 
> 

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