netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 06/14] net: phy: at803x: move at8031 specific data out of generic at803x

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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:35:37 +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 06/14] net: phy: at803x: move at8031 specific
 data out of generic at803x_priv

On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 03:12:11AM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Rework everything related to specific at8031 function to specific
> function and allocate the 2 bool, is_1000basex and is_fiber and the
> regulator structs to a dedicated qca8031_data struct.
> 
> This is needed to keep at803x functions more generic and detach them
> from specific check of at8031/33 PHY.
> 
> Out of all the reworked functions, only config_aneg required some code
> duplication with how the mdix config is handled.
> 
> This also reduces the generic at803x_priv struct by removing variables
> only used by at8031 PHY.

You are changing the order that register writes happen, e.g. for the
set_wol() method. at803x_set_wol() very clearly does stuff like
configuring the ethernet MAC address _before_ enabling WoL, and that
can fail. Your new code enables WoL and then calls at803x_set_wol().
If at803x_set_wol() fails (e.g. because of an invalid MAC address)
you leave WoL enabled. This is a change of behaviour.

I haven't checked anything else, but given the above, I think you
need to think more about how you make this change, and check
whether there are any other similar issues.

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