Re: [PATCH net-next v5 2/7] net: stmmac: Add dedicated XPCS cleanup method

[Serge Semin]

On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 09:07:41AM +0200, Romain Gantois wrote:
> Hi Serge,
> 
> On Fri, 3 May 2024, Serge Semin wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > +void stmmac_pcs_clean(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
> > 
> > Ideally it would have been great to have the entire driver fixed to
> > accept the stmmac_priv pointer as the functions argument. But this
> > would be too tiresome. Anyway seeing the PCS-setup protagonist method
> > has the net_device pointer passed I would implement the same prototype
> > for the antagonist even though it would require an additional local
> > variable. That will make the MDIO and PCS local interface-functions
> > looking alike and as if unified. That is the reason of why I made
> > stmmac_xpcs_clean() accepting the net_device pointer. 
> > 
> > Alternatively both stmmac_pcs_setup() and stmmac_pcs_clean() could be
> > converted to just accepting a pointer to the stmmac_priv instance.
>
 
> I think that adapting stmmac_pcs_clean() to take a net_device struct would be 
> more appropriate since it's the simpler of the two methods. I'll implement this 
> in the next version.

Awesome! Thanks.

-Serge(y)

> 
> Thanks,
> 
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