Re: [PATCH 01/20] net: phy: realtek: Fix events detection failure in LPI mode

[Serge Semin]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 10:56:46AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 11:37:29AM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > Right, adding something like a genphy_{read,write}_mmd() doesn't make
> > too much sense for now. What I meant is just exporting mmd_phy_indirect().
> > Then you don't have to open-code the first three steps of a mmd read/write.
> > And it requires no additional code in phylib.
> 
> ... but at the cost that the compiler can no longer inline that code,
> as I mentioned in my previous reply. (However, the cost of the accesses
> will be higher.) On the plus side, less I-cache footprint, and smaller
> kernel code.

Just to note mmd_phy_indirect() isn't defined with inline specifier,
but just as static and it's used twice in the
drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c unit. So most likely the compiler won't
inline the function code in there. Anyway it's up to the PHY
library maintainers to decide. Please settle the issue with Heiner and
Andrew then. I am ok with both solutions and will do as you decide.

-Sergey

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