netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1] net: microchip: lan743x: add fixed phy unregister support

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Message-Id: 
 <169494842740.21621.7514600997922629086.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:00:27 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Pavithra Sathyanarayanan <Pavithra.Sathyanarayanan@...rochip.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 bryan.whitehead@...rochip.com, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1] net: microchip: lan743x: add fixed phy unregister
 support

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:47:37 +0530 you wrote:
> When operating in fixed phy mode and if there is repeated open/close
> phy test cases, everytime the fixed phy is registered as a new phy
> which leads to overrun after 32 iterations. It is solved by adding
> fixed_phy_unregister() in the phy_close path.
> 
> In phy_close path, netdev->phydev cannot be used directly in
> fixed_phy_unregister() due to two reasons,
>     - netdev->phydev is set to NULL in phy_disconnect()
>     - fixed_phy_unregister() can be called only after phy_disconnect()
> So saving the netdev->phydev in local variable 'phydev' and
> passing it to phy_disconnect().
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v1] net: microchip: lan743x: add fixed phy unregister support
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/1e73cfe85952

You are awesome, thank you!
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