Re: [PATCH net-next 06/16] net: pcs: xpcs: Avoid creating dummy XPCS MDIO device

[Serge Semin]

On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 02:54:00PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 01:46:44PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > For your use case, it would be:
> > 
> > 	mdiodev = bus->mdio_map[addr];
> 
> By the way, this should be:
> 
> 	mdiodev = mdiobus_find_device(bus, addr);
> 	if (!mdiodev)
> 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> 
> to avoid a layering violation.

I would have used in the first place if it was externally visible, but
it's defined as static. Do you suggest to make it global or ...

> At some point, we should implement
> mdiobus_get_mdiodev() which also deals with the refcount.

... create mdiobus_get_mdiodev() instead?

* Note in the commit message I mentioned that having a getter would be
* better than directly touching the mii_bus instance guts.

-Serge(y)

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