Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] net: sparx5: Add Sparx5 switchdev driver

[Andrew Lunn]

> +static int sparx5_port_open(struct net_device *ndev)
> +{
> +	struct sparx5_port *port = netdev_priv(ndev);
> +	int err = 0;
> +
> +	sparx5_port_enable(port, true);
> +	if (port->conf.phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA) {
> +		err = phylink_of_phy_connect(port->phylink, port->of_node, 0);
> +		if (err) {
> +			netdev_err(ndev, "Could not attach to PHY\n");
> +			return err;
> +		}
> +	}

This looks a bit odd. PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA means don't touch,
something else has already configured the MAC-PHY mode in the PHY.
You should not not connect the PHY because of this.

> +void sparx5_destroy_netdev(struct sparx5 *sparx5, struct sparx5_port *port)
> +{
> +	if (port->phylink) {
> +		/* Disconnect the phy */
> +		if (rtnl_trylock()) {

Why do you use rtnl_trylock()?

    Andrew