netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: improve RTL8411b phy-down fixup

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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:35:02 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Mirsad Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: improve RTL8411b phy-down fixup

On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 08:13:26PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Mirsad proposed a patch to reduce the number of spinlock lock/unlock
> operations and the function code size. This can be further improved
> because the function sets a consecutive register block.
> 
> Suggested-by: Mirsad Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 139 +++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 111 deletions(-)

Nice. Less code and fewer locks.

I manually verified that fix_data matches the code it replaces.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>