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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH net-next v3 20/20] net: phy: add qca8k driver for qca8k switch internal PHY
On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 03:11:36AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > +/* QCA specific MII registers access function */
> > +static void qca8k_phy_dbg_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_addr, u16 dbg_addr, u16 dbg_data)
> > +{
> > + mutex_lock_nested(&bus->mdio_lock, MDIO_MUTEX_NESTED);
> > + bus->write(bus, phy_addr, MII_ATH_DBG_ADDR, dbg_addr);
> > + bus->write(bus, phy_addr, MII_ATH_DBG_DATA, dbg_data);
> > + mutex_unlock(&bus->mdio_lock);
> > +}
>
> What are you locking against here?
>
> Andrew

Added the locking if in the future it will be used outside the
config_init function but since it's used only there, yes, I can drop the
useless lock.

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