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

[Andre Przywara]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 06:12:10 +0000
Radhey Shyam Pandey <radheys@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

(sorry, forgot to send this out before posting v2)

> > -----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?

I found that some of the drivers check this (macb, stmmac), while others (dpaa2, mvneta, mvpp2, mtk_eth) don't. I don't know the reasons for that, so I play safe here.
Happy to change this if someone provides some rationale.

Cheers,
Andre.

> 
> > +
> > +	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  
>