On 22-07-25, 22:04, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 02:03:22PM GMT, Peter Griffin wrote: > > Add a new phy_notify_pmstate() api that notifies and configures a phy for a > > given PM link state transition. > > > > This is intended to be by phy drivers which need to do some runtime > > configuration of parameters during the transition that can't be handled by > > phy_calibrate() or phy_power_{on|off}(). > > > > The first usage of this API is in the Samsung UFS phy that needs to issue > > some register writes when entering and exiting the hibernate link state. > > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/phy/phy-core.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > include/linux/phy/phy.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c > > index 04a5a34e7a950ae94fae915673c25d476fc071c1..0b29bc2c709890d7fc27d1480a35cda6a826fd30 100644 > > --- a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c > > +++ b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c > > @@ -520,6 +520,31 @@ int phy_notify_disconnect(struct phy *phy, int port) > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_notify_disconnect); > > > > +/** > > + * phy_notify_pmstate() - phy link state notification > > 'pmstate' doesn't correspond to 'link state'. So how about, > phy_notify_link_state()? > > s/phy/PHY (here and below) > > > + * @phy: the phy returned by phy_get() > > + * @state: the link state > > + * > > + * Notify the phy of some PM link state transition. Used to notify and > > Link state change is common for the PHY. So remove 'PM'. Is it really link or phy state? > > > + * configure the phy accordingly. > > + * > > + * Returns: %0 if successful, a negative error code otherwise > > + */ > > +int phy_notify_pmstate(struct phy *phy, enum phy_linkstate state) > > I think you need to use 'int state' and let drivers pass their own link state > values. You cannot have generic link states across all peripherals. I would avoid that, people start overloading this if we let it keep open! I would like to avoid the api -(ab)use -- ~Vinod