Re: [PATCH net-next v5 2/8] net: phy: Add phydev->enable_tx_lpi to simplify adjust link callbacks

From: Heiner Kallweit
Date: Fri Feb 23 2024 - 01:58:29 EST


On 23.02.2024 06:36, Wei Fang wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: 2024年2月21日 14:21
>> To: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>> Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>;
>> Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>;
>> Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx>; Russell King
>> <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Oleksij Rempel
>> <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Shenwei Wang
>> <shenwei.wang@xxxxxxx>; Clark Wang <xiaoning.wang@xxxxxxx>;
>> dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [PATCH net-next v5 2/8] net: phy: Add phydev->enable_tx_lpi to
>> simplify adjust link callbacks
>>
>> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> MAC drivers which support EEE need to know the results of the EEE auto-neg
>> in order to program the hardware to perform EEE or not. The oddly named
>> phy_init_eee() can be used to determine this, it returns 0 if EEE should be
>> used, or a negative error code, e.g. -EOPPROTONOTSUPPORT if the PHY does
>> not support EEE or negotiate resulted in it not being used.
>>
>> However, many MAC drivers get this wrong. Add phydev->enable_tx_lpi
>> which indicates the result of the autoneg for EEE, including if EEE is
>> administratively disabled with ethtool. The MAC driver can then access this in
>> the same way as link speed and duplex in the adjust link callback. If
>> enable_tx_lpi is true, the MAC should send low power indications and does
>> not need to consider anything else with respect to EEE.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2 Check for errors from genphy_c45_eee_is_active
>> v5: Rename to enable_tx_lpi to fit better with phylink changes
>> ---
>> drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 7 +++++++
>> include/linux/phy.h | 2 ++
>> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c index
>> 14224e06d69f..a54b1daf5d5f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
>> @@ -983,9 +983,16 @@ static int phy_check_link_status(struct phy_device
>> *phydev)
>> if (phydev->link && phydev->state != PHY_RUNNING) {
>> phy_check_downshift(phydev);
>> phydev->state = PHY_RUNNING;
>> + err = genphy_c45_eee_is_active(phydev,
>> + NULL, NULL, NULL);
>> + if (err < 0)
>> + phydev->enable_tx_lpi = false;
>> + else
>> + phydev->enable_tx_lpi = err;
>
> phydev->enable_tx_lpi = !!err; Is this better?
>
I don't think so. Effectively err is a bool value, and it's implicitly
converted.

>> phy_link_up(phydev);
>> } else if (!phydev->link && phydev->state != PHY_NOLINK) {
>> phydev->state = PHY_NOLINK;
>> + phydev->enable_tx_lpi = false;
>> phy_link_down(phydev);
>> }
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h index
>> e3ab2c347a59..a880f6d7170e 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/phy.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/phy.h
>> @@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ struct macsec_ops;
>> * @supported_eee: supported PHY EEE linkmodes
>> * @advertising_eee: Currently advertised EEE linkmodes
>> * @eee_enabled: Flag indicating whether the EEE feature is enabled
>> + * @enable_tx_lpi: When True, MAC should transmit LPI to PHY
>> * @lp_advertising: Current link partner advertised linkmodes
>> * @host_interfaces: PHY interface modes supported by host
>> * @eee_broken_modes: Energy efficient ethernet modes which should be
>> prohibited @@ -713,6 +714,7 @@ struct phy_device {
>>
>> /* Energy efficient ethernet modes which should be prohibited */
>> u32 eee_broken_modes;
>> + bool enable_tx_lpi;
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_LED_TRIGGER_PHY
>> struct phy_led_trigger *phy_led_triggers;
>> --
>> 2.39.2
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