Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 05/10] net: ethtool: Allow passing a phy index for some commands

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Mon Nov 20 2023 - 20:08:44 EST


> + if (dev) {
> + if (tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]) {
> + u32 phy_index = nla_get_u32(tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]);
> +
> + phydev = link_topo_get_phy(&dev->link_topo, phy_index);

struct phy_device *link_topo_get_phy(struct link_topology *lt, int phyindex)

We have u32 vs int here for phyindex. It would be good to have the
same type everywhere.


> + if (!phydev) {
> + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, header, "no phy matches phy index");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> + } else {
> + /* If we need a PHY but no phy index is specified, fallback
> + * to dev->phydev
> + */
> + phydev = dev->phydev;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + req_info->phydev = phydev;

Don't forget to update Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst.

Andrew