Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: split phy page accessors

[David Miller]

From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:32:10 -0400

> Split mv88e6xxx_phy_page_read and mv88e6xxx_phy_page_write into two
> functions each, one to acquire the smi_mutex and one to call the actual
> read/write functions.
> 
> This will be useful to access registers such as Fiber/SERDES Control,
> from setup code with SMI lock held.
> 
> Also rename their "error" labels to "clear", since it is not only an
> error path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Please resubmit this alongside a patch that actually uses the new
facility.
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