netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 03/10] net: phy: add helpers to handle sfp phy connect/disconnect

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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 01:57:24 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
	Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
	Köry Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 03/10] net: phy: add helpers to handle
 sfp phy connect/disconnect

> +/**
> + * phy_sfp_connect_phy - Connect the SFP module's PHY to the upstream PHY
> + * @upstream: pointer to the upstream phy device
> + * @phy: pointer to the SFP module's phy device
> + *
> + * This helper allows keeping track of PHY devices on the link. It adds the
> + * SFP module's phy to the phy namespace of the upstream phy
> + */
> +int phy_sfp_connect_phy(void *upstream, struct phy_device *phy)
> +{
> +	struct phy_device *phydev = upstream;

Will this function only ever be called from a PHY driver? If so, we
know upstream is PHY. So we can avoid using void * and make it a
struct phy_device *. 

       Andrew