netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 03/13] net: dsa: realtek: rename realtek_smi to realtek

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Date:   Fri, 17 Dec 2021 03:21:39 -0300
From:   Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>
To:     Alvin Šipraga <ALSI@...g-olufsen.dk>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linus.walleij@...aro.org" <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "vivien.didelot@...il.com" <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        "f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "olteanv@...il.com" <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "arinc.unal@...nc9.com" <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 03/13] net: dsa: realtek: rename realtek_smi to realtek_priv

Hi Alvin,

Em qui., 16 de dez. de 2021 às 20:22, Alvin Šipraga
<ALSI@...g-olufsen.dk> escreveu:
>
> Hi Luiz,
>
> On 12/16/21 21:13, luizluca@...il.com wrote:
> > From: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>
> >
> > In preparation to adding other interfaces, the private data structure
> > was renamed to priv. Also the only two direct calls from subdrivers
> > to realtek-smi lib were converted into references inside priv.
>
> Maybe split this patch to separate the churn from the more interesting
> change, which I guess is needed to support different bus types for the
> subdrivers.
>

Yes, it is better to split into two commits:

1) net: dsa: realtek: rename realtek_smi to realtek_priv (only string
replace/file move)
2) net: dsa: realtek: remove direct calls to realtek-smi (the good stuff)

And yes, part of the issues you pointed out are just because some
changes landed in the next commit.
As I splitted the commit, I could see a bug in rtl8366rb driver, I
didn't test if priv->setup_interface was set.
It would call a NULL pointer for realtek-mdio interface.