netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: mxl-gpy: Add PHY Auto/MDI/MDI-X set driver for GPY211 chips

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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:01:19 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Raju Lakkaraju <Raju.Lakkaraju@...rochip.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lxu@...linear.com,
        hkallweit1@...il.com, pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        Ian.Saturley@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: mxl-gpy: Add PHY Auto/MDI/MDI-X set
 driver for GPY211 chips

> +static void gpy_update_mdix(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = phy_read(phydev, PHY_CTL1);
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		phydev_err(phydev, "Error: MDIO register access failed: %d\n",
> +			   ret);
> +		return;
> +	}

> @@ -413,6 +490,8 @@ static void gpy_update_interface(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  
>  	if (phydev->speed == SPEED_2500 || phydev->speed == SPEED_1000)
>  		genphy_read_master_slave(phydev);
> +
> +	gpy_update_mdix(phydev);

Do you know why gpy_update_interface() is a void function? It is
called from gpy_read_status() which does return error codes. And it
seems like gpy_read_status() would benefit from returning -EINVAL, etc.

      Andrew