Re: [PATCH] phy: can-transceiver: Re-instate "mux-states" property presence check

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Vincent,

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 at 15:07, Vincent Mailhol
<mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For some reasons, I received your message twice (with a two minutes
> interval between both messages). These look identical. I am answering

My scripting didn't handle the comment in Rob's address correctly,
so I resent the patch with the fixed address.

> the most recent. :)

Good ;-)

> On 19/03/2025 at 22:27, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On the Renesas Gray Hawk Single development board:
> >
> >     can-transceiver-phy can-phy0: /can-phy0: failed to get mux-state (0)
> >
> > "mux-states" is an optional property for CAN transceivers.  However,
> > mux_get() always prints an error message in case of an error, including
> > when the property is not present, confusing the user.
>
> Hmmm, I understand why you are doing this patch. But on the long term,
> wouldn't it make more sense to have a devm_mux_state_get_optional()? Or
> maybe add a property somewhere to inform devm_mux_state_get() that this
> is optional?
>
> Regardless, just see this as an open question. I am OK with the approach
> of your patch.

Alternatively, we can be proactive and add a temporary local wrapper:

    /* Dummy wrapper until optional muxes are supported */
    static inline struct mux_state *
    devm_mux_state_get_optional(struct device *dev, const char *mux_name)
    {
            if (!of_property_present(dev->of_node, "mux-states"))
                    return NULL;

            return devm_mux_state_get(dev, mux_name);
    }

and call that instead?  Then the probe function needs no future changes
when the real devm_mux_state_get_optional() arrives.

> > Fix this by re-instating the property presence check.
> >
> > This is bascially a revert of commit d02dfd4ceb2e9f34 ("phy:
> > can-transceiver: Drop unnecessary "mux-states" property presence
> > check"), with two changes:
> >   1. Use the proper API for checking whether a property is present,
> >   2. Do not print an error message, as the mux core already takes care
> >      of that.
> >
> > Fixes: d02dfd4ceb2e9f34 ("phy: can-transceiver: Drop unnecessary "mux-states" property presence check")> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Notwithstanding of above comment:
>
> Reviewed-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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