Re: [PATCH net-next 04/12] net: dpaa2-mac: remove defensive check in dpaa2_mac_disconnect()

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Tue Nov 29 2022 - 13:52:02 EST


On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 04:12:13PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> dpaa2_mac_disconnect() will only be called with a NULL mac->phylink if
> dpaa2_mac_connect() failed, or was never called.
>
> The callers are these:
>
> dpaa2_eth_disconnect_mac():
>
> if (dpaa2_eth_is_type_phy(priv))
> dpaa2_mac_disconnect(priv->mac);
>
> dpaa2_switch_port_disconnect_mac():
>
> if (dpaa2_switch_port_is_type_phy(port_priv))
> dpaa2_mac_disconnect(port_priv->mac);
>
> priv->mac can be NULL, but in that case, dpaa2_eth_is_type_phy() returns
> false, and dpaa2_mac_disconnect() is never called. Similar for
> dpaa2-switch.
>
> When priv->mac is non-NULL, it means that dpaa2_mac_connect() returned
> zero (success), and therefore, priv->mac->phylink is also a valid
> pointer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

Andrew