RE: [PATCH 09/14] net: axienet: Add mii-tool support

[Radhey Shyam Pandey]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 5:24 PM
> To: David S . Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Radhey Shyam Pandey
> <radheys@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Simek <michals@xxxxxxxxxx>; Robert Hancock
> <hancock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH 09/14] net: axienet: Add mii-tool support
> 
> mii-tool is useful for debugging, and all it requires to work is to wire
> up the ioctl ops function pointer.
> Add this to the axienet driver to enable mii-tool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> index 7a747345e98e..64f799f3d248 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> @@ -1152,6 +1152,16 @@ static void axienet_poll_controller(struct net_device
> *ndev)
>  }
>  #endif
> 
> +static int axienet_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
> +{
> +	struct axienet_local *lp = netdev_priv(dev);
> +
> +	if (!netif_running(dev))
> +		return -EINVAL;

I think phy ioctl should be allowed even if the device is not up. 
Or is there any specific reason for keeping it?

> +
> +	return phylink_mii_ioctl(lp->phylink, rq, cmd);
> +}
> +
>  static const struct net_device_ops axienet_netdev_ops = {
>  	.ndo_open = axienet_open,
>  	.ndo_stop = axienet_stop,
> @@ -1159,6 +1169,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops
> axienet_netdev_ops = {
>  	.ndo_change_mtu	= axienet_change_mtu,
>  	.ndo_set_mac_address = netdev_set_mac_address,
>  	.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
> +	.ndo_do_ioctl = axienet_ioctl,
>  	.ndo_set_rx_mode = axienet_set_multicast_list,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
>  	.ndo_poll_controller = axienet_poll_controller,
> --
> 2.17.1