Re: [PATCH net v3 1/2] net: phy: Introduce PHY_ID_SIZE — minimum size for PHY ID string

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 04:39:29PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The PHY_ID_FMT defines the format specifier "%s:%02x" to form
> the PHY ID string, where the maximum of the first part is defined
> in MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, including NUL terminator, and the second part
> is implied to be 3 as the maximum address is limited to 32, meaning
> that 2 hex digits is more than enough, plus ':' (colon) delimiter.
> However, some drivers, which are using PHY_ID_FMT, customise buffer
> size and do that incorrectly. Introduce a new constant PHY_ID_SIZE
> that makes the minimum required size explicit, so drivers are
> encouraged to use it.
> 
> Suggested-by: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

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