netdev - Re: [PATCH 7/7] usb: host: ohci-exynos: Convert to devm_of_phy_optional

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Message-ID: <Y8gl2bLxqWwXPMfS@rowland.harvard.edu>
Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:01:13 -0500
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] usb: host: ohci-exynos: Convert to
 devm_of_phy_optional_get()

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 05:50:00PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 5:26 PM Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 11:15:20AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > Use the new devm_of_phy_optional_get() helper instead of open-coding the
> > > same operation.
> > >
> > > This lets us drop several checks for IS_ERR(), as phy_power_{on,off}()
> > > handle NULL parameters fine.
> >
> > The patch ignores a possible -ENOSYS error return.  Is it known that
> > this will never happen?
> 
> While some phy_*() dummies in include/linux/phy/phy.h do return -ENOSYS
> if CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY is not enabled, devm_of_phy_optional_get()
> returns NULL in that case, so I think this cannot happen.

You could mention that in the patch description.  Apart from this one 
issue:

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>

Alan Stern