RE: [PATCH net-next v6 2/7] net: phy: phylink: add helper to modify pause

[Javen]

Hi Maxime,

>
>Hi Javen,
>
>On 7/13/26 09:51, Javen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> There's a change in the MAC's ability to support Pause, so we should :
>>>
>>> - Recompute the pl->supported field. Update the
>>> config.mac_capabilities with the
>>>   new pause settings, calling phylink_validate() should do the trick I think,
>this
>>>   will rebuild the capability list:
>>>
>>>   phylink_validate(pl, pl->supported, &pl->link_config);
>>>
>>> - Then update the pl->link_config.pause,
>>>
>>> - Then update the pause advertising, like done in phylink_setpauseparam
>>>   ( I think, everything that comes after pl->state_mutex gets released in
>>>    phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam)
>>>
>>> Ideally, the logic to update the advertising and re-trigger a
>>> negociation should be factored out in a private helper, then reused
>>> from both this path (MAC updates pause support) and the
>phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam path.
>>>
>>> Maxime
>>
>> Thanks for review and helpful suggestions.
>>
>> I agree with your suggestion to factor out the logic into a private helper and
>reuse it for both phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam() and
>phylink_update_mac_pause_capabilities().
>>
>> Here is the refactored logic. I want to share this specific part with you for a
>quick check before I submit v7 patch.
>
>I'm currently attending the netdev conference, It'll take a few days for me to
>look at this, sorry about that :/
>
>Maxime

Just a gentle ping on this thread. Could you please take a quick look at this refactored logic whenever you are free? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
BRs,
Javen