On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 04:33:27PM +0200, Kory Maincent wrote: > phy_detach needs the rtnl lock to be held. It should have been added before > to avoid this massive change among lots of net drivers but there was no > clear evidence of such needs at that time. This imply a lock change in > this API. Add phy_detach_rtnl, phy_diconnect_rtnl, phylink_connect_phy_rtnl > and phylink_fwnode_phy_connect_rtnl helpers to take the lock before calling > their respective function. Please don't increase the number of API functions for phylink for the long term. I'd prefer all callers of the phylink phy_connect functions be updated to hold the RTNL, just like phylink_disconnect() requires. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!
