netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: mdio-mux: fix C45 access returning -EIO after API change

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Message-ID: <20231017135724.pl5neb2ubjdopf6l@skbuf>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:57:24 +0300
From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: mdio-mux: fix C45 access returning -EIO after
 API change

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 02:31:30PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> What if the parent bus doesn't have read_c45 or write_c45 ?

Good question. Predictably, the kernel crashes.

> Maybe make these conditional on the parent bus implementing the c45
> read/write ops?

I can do that, and send a v2 right away. Thanks for the hint.