netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: stmmac: allow ethtool action on PCI devices if device is down

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2023 06:54:41 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@...hat.com>
Cc:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: stmmac: allow ethtool action on PCI
 devices if device is down

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 10:14:01 +0200 Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> is that patch still under review or is it refused, given the
> current behaviour is not actually incorrect?

That's not what Heiner said. Does the device not link the netdev
correctly to the bus device? Core already does pm_get/pm_put
around ethtool calls.