Re: [net-next PATCH v3 3/5] net: phy: introduce phy_find_by_fwnode()

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On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 8:35 PM Calvin Johnson
<calvin.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The PHYs on an mdiobus are probed and registered using mdiobus_register().
> Later, for connecting these PHYs to MAC, the PHYs registered on the
> mdiobus have to be referenced.
>
> For each MAC node, a property "mdio-handle" is used to reference the
> MDIO bus on which the PHYs are registered. On getting hold of the MDIO
> bus, use phy_find_by_fwnode() to get the PHY connected to the MAC.
>
> Introduce fwnode_mdio_find_bus() to find the mii_bus that corresponds
> to given mii_bus fwnode.

...

> +       err = fwnode_property_read_u32(fwnode, "phy-channel", &addr);
> +       if (err < 0 || addr < 0 || addr >= PHY_MAX_ADDR)
> +               return NULL;

Just wondering if we can return an error pointer here (sorry if it has
been discussed already).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



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