netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3 1/3] net: phylink: add phylink_expects

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Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:01:28 +0100
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Michael Sit Wei Hong <michael.wei.hong.sit@...el.com>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Ong Boon Leong <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Looi Hong Aun <hong.aun.looi@...el.com>,
        Voon Weifeng <weifeng.voon@...el.com>,
        Lai Peter Jun Ann <peter.jun.ann.lai@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 1/3] net: phylink: add phylink_expects_phy() method

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 06:57:20PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:16:54 +0800 Michael Sit Wei Hong wrote:
> > Provide phylink_expects_phy() to allow MAC drivers to check if it
> > is expecting a PHY to attach to. Since fixed-linked setups do not
> > need to attach to a PHY.
> > 
> > Provides a boolean value as to if the MAC should expect a PHY.
> > returns true if a PHY is expected.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Sit Wei Hong <michael.wei.hong.sit@...el.com>
> 
> Russell, looks good?

Not really, given that phylink_attach_phy() will refuse to attach a PHY
when:

        if (WARN_ON(pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED ||
                    (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_INBAND &&
                     phy_interface_mode_is_8023z(interface) && !pl->sfp_bus)))
                return -EINVAL;

So, if we introduce a helper named "phylink_expects_phy" that returns
true when cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_INBAND and the interface mode
is e.g. 1000base-X, but then someone tries to attach a PHY, the kernel
spits out a warning, backtrace, and a return value of -EINVAL, things
are going to look really rather stupid.

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