netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: get serdes lane after lock

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Date:   Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:49:57 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        Marek Behún <marek.behun@....cz>,
        f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: get serdes lane after lock

On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 12:26:11PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> This is a follow-up patch for commit 17deaf5cb37a ("net: dsa:
> mv88e6xxx: create serdes_get_lane chip operation").
> 
> The .serdes_get_lane implementations access the CMODE of a port,
> even though it is cached at the moment, it is safer to call them
> after the mutex is locked, not before.
> 
> At the same time, check for an eventual error and return IRQ_DONE,
> instead of blindly ignoring it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew