netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: don't crash in phy_read/_write

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:51:18 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Alex Marginean <alexandru.marginean@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: don't crash in phy_read/_write_mmd
 without a PHY driver

On 1/16/20 12:47 PM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 16.01.2020 18:46, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
>> From: Alex Marginean <alexandru.marginean@....com>
>>
>> The APIs can be used by Ethernet drivers without actually loading a PHY
>> driver. This may become more widespread in the future with 802.3z
>> compatible MAC PCS devices being locally driven by the MAC driver when
>> configuring for a PHY mode with in-band negotiation.
>>
>> Check that drv is not NULL before reading from it.
>>
> If there's no dedicated PHY driver, then the genphy driver is bound.
> I think therefore we don't face issues with the current code.
> But the change looks reasonable.

You can unbind the driver from sysfs and observe the problem.
-- 
Florian