Re: [PATCH] phy: core: Allow phy_pm_runtime_xxx API calls with NULL phy

[Vivek Gautam]

On 2018-03-16 14:40, Manu Gautam wrote:
> phy_init() and phy_exit() calls, and phy_power_on() and
> phy_power_off() already accept NULL as valid PHY refernece
> and act as NOP. Extend same concept to phy runtime_pm APIs
> to keep drivers (e.g. dwc3) code simple while dealing with
> optional PHYs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manu Gautam <mgautam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/phy/phy-core.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
> index 09ac8af..48b9615 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
> @@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ int phy_pm_runtime_get(struct phy *phy)
>  {
>  	int ret;
>
> +	if (!phy)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	if (!pm_runtime_enabled(&phy->dev))

Were we already trying to dereference a NULL here?
That shouldn't be good i guess.
Kishon, do we not expect phys to be NULL here?

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regards
Vivek