netdev - Re: [CFT PATCH net-next v2] net: phylink: rename mac_link_state() op to mac_pcs_get

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Message-ID: <20191123161538.482313ef@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Sat, 23 Nov 2019 16:15:38 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
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        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [CFT PATCH net-next v2] net: phylink: rename mac_link_state()
 op to mac_pcs_get_state()

On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:36:22 +0000, Russell King wrote:
> Rename the mac_link_state() method to mac_pcs_get_state() to make it
> clear that it should be returning the MACs PCS current state, which
> is used for inband negotiation rather than just reading back what the
> MAC has been configured for. Update the documentation to explicitly
> mention that this is for inband.
> 
> We drop the return value as well; most of phylink doesn't check the
> return value and it is not clear what it should do on error - instead
> arrange for state->link to be false.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Applied to net-next now, thank you!