netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 03/14] net: phylink: add support for PCS link change notifications

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Message-ID: <75773076-39a2-49dd-9eb2-15a10955a60d@seco.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:46:15 -0500
From: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 03/14] net: phylink: add support for PCS link
 change notifications

Hi Russell,

Does there need to be any locking when calling phylink_pcs_change? I
noticed that you call it from threaded IRQ context in [1]. Can that race
with phylink_major_config?

--Sean

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/E1qJruX-00Gkk8-RY@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk/