netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 04/14] net: phy: at803x: move qca83xx stats out of generic at803x

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Message-ID: <ZWcEdDFFCs17T5ha@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:29:24 +0000
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
	Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 04/14] net: phy: at803x: move qca83xx stats out
 of generic at803x_priv struct

On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 03:12:09AM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> +struct qca83xx_priv {
> +	u64 stats[ARRAY_SIZE(qca83xx_hw_stats)];
> +};

If QCA83xx is going to use an entirely separate private data structure,
then it's clearly a separate driver, and it should be separated from
this driver. Having two incompatible private data structures in
phydev->priv in the same driver is a recipe for future errors, where
functions that expect one private data structure may be called when
the other private data structure is stored in phydev->priv.

So, if we're going to do this, then the QCA83xx support needs to
_first_ be split from this driver.

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