Re: [v3][net-next][PATCH 1/1] net: phy: Add link between phy dev and mac dev

[Florian Fainelli]

On 11/29/22 18:12, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
> If the external phy used by current mac interface is
> managed by another mac interface, it means that this
> network port cannot work independently, especially
> when the system suspends and resumes, the following
> trace may appear, so we should create a device link
> between phy dev and mac dev.
>
>    WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 24 at drivers/net/phy/phy.c:983 phy_error+0x20/0x68
>    Modules linked in:
>    CPU: 0 PID: 24 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3-00011-g5aaef24b5c6d-dirty #34
>    Hardware name: Freescale i.MX6 SoloX (Device Tree)
>    Workqueue: events_power_efficient phy_state_machine
>    unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14
>    show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x90
>    dump_stack_lvl from __warn+0xb4/0x24c
>    __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x5c/0xd8
>    warn_slowpath_fmt from phy_error+0x20/0x68
>    phy_error from phy_state_machine+0x22c/0x23c
>    phy_state_machine from process_one_work+0x288/0x744
>    process_one_work from worker_thread+0x3c/0x500
>    worker_thread from kthread+0xf0/0x114
>    kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28
>    Exception stack(0xf0951fb0 to 0xf0951ff8)
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
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Florian