netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: realtek: realtek-mdio: reset before setup

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Date:   Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:12:40 -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>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "arinc.unal@...nc9.com" <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>,
        Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@...lic-files.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: realtek: realtek-mdio: reset before setup

> >
> > +     /* leave the device reset asserted */
> > +     if (priv->reset)
> > +             gpiod_set_value(priv->reset, 1);
> > +
> >       dsa_unregister_switch(priv->ds);
>
> Wouldn't you prefer to reset the chip after dsa_unregister_switch()?

Thanks Alvin, you are right. Maybe a thread might ask something after
reset/before unregisters.