Re: [PATCH net-next v17 11/14] net: ethtool: cable-test: Target the command to the requested PHY

From: Maxime Chevallier
Date: Tue Aug 27 2024 - 04:49:45 EST


Hi again Dan,

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:27:48 +0300
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> Could you add some comments to ethnl_req_get_phydev() what the NULL return
> means vs the error pointers? I figured it out because the callers have comments
> but it should be next to ethnl_req_get_phydev() as well.

Actually I replied a bit too fast, this is already documented :
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/tree/net/ethtool/netlink.h#n284

Is this doc clear enough or should I still add some more explicit
comments ?

Thanks,

Maxime