netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] net: dsa: b53: remove eee_enabled/eee_active in b53_get_mac

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Message-ID: <20240207135520.2zvinnv5w3v7kruk@skbuf>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 15:55:20 +0200
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] net: dsa: b53: remove
 eee_enabled/eee_active in b53_get_mac_eee()

On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 12:13:28PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> b53_get_mac_eee() sets both eee_enabled and eee_active, and then
> returns zero.
> 
> dsa_slave_get_eee(), which calls this function, will then continue to
> call phylink_ethtool_get_eee(), which will return -EOPNOTSUPP if there
> is no PHY present, otherwise calling phy_ethtool_get_eee() which in
> turn will call genphy_c45_ethtool_get_eee().
> 
> genphy_c45_ethtool_get_eee() will overwrite eee_enabled and eee_active
> with its own interpretation from the PHYs settings and negotiation
> result.
> 
> Thus, when there is no PHY, dsa_slave_get_eee() will fail with
> -EOPNOTSUPP, meaning eee_enabled and eee_active will not be returned to
> userspace. When there is a PHY, eee_enabled and eee_active will be
> overwritten by phylib, making the setting of these members in
> b53_get_mac_eee() entirely unnecessary.
> 
> Remove this code, thus simplifying b53_get_mac_eee().
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>

I see the series was put in "Changes Requested", possibly due to my
clarification question. Let's see if I can change that.

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