Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: dsa: mv888e6xxx: do not use netdev printing

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Fri Jun 09 2017 - 09:16:27 EST


On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 06:34:08PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> The mv888e6xxx driver accesses a port's netdev mostly for printing.
>
> This is bad for 2 reasons: DSA and CPU ports do not have a netdev
> pointer; it doesn't give us a correct picture of why a DSA driver might
> need to access a port's netdev.
>
> Instead simply use dev_* printing functions with chip->dev (or ds->dev
> depending on the scope, both guaranteed to exist), with a p%d prefix for
> the target port.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

Andrew