Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] net: Wrap ndo_do_ioctl() to prepare for DSA stacked ops

[Florian Fainelli]

On 7/18/2020 1:30 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Hi Florian,
> 
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 08:05:30PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> In preparation for adding another layer of call into a DSA stacked ops
>> singleton, wrap the ndo_do_ioctl() call into dev_do_ioctl().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
> 
> I missed most of the context, but this looks interesting. Am I correct
> in saying that this could save us from having to manually pass
> phy_mii_ioctl() and that it could be generically handled here?

The motivation for this work started with the realization while
untangling the ethtool/netlink and PHY library that tests like those:
dev->netdev_ops == &foo_ops would be defeated by the way DSA overloads
the DSA net_device operations. A better solution needed to be found.

You are correct that we could just put a call to phy_mii_ioctl() here as
well and avoid having drivers have to use phy_do_ioctl_running or roll
their own.
-- 
Florian