kernel/linux.git/drivers/net/phy/mdio_device.c, branch linux-7.0.y

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

net: phy: remove modalias-based mdio bus matching

2026-02-03T11:46:55+00:00

Last user dsa_loop has been migrated away from modalias-based matching, so we can remove this feature now. It was the only user of MDIO_NAME_SIZE, so remove also this constant. Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/ce1c6df0-4785-4b28-8322-32dc6bceea18@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: mdio: eliminate kdoc warnings in mdio_device.c and mdio_bus.c

2025-11-26T02:43:56+00:00

Fix all warnings reported by scripts/kernel-doc in mdio_device.c and mdio_bus.c Signed-off-by: Buday Csaba Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/7ef7b80669da2b899d38afdb6c45e122229c3d8c.1763968667.git.buday.csaba@prolan.hu Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: mdio: improve reset handling in mdio_device.c

2025-11-21T01:41:39+00:00

Change fwnode_property_read_u32() in mdio_device_register_reset() to device_property_read_u32(), which is more appropriate here. Make mdio_device_unregister_reset() truly reverse mdio_device_register_reset() by setting the internal fields to their default values. Signed-off-by: Buday Csaba Link: https://patch.msgid.link/641df1488517ae71ba10158ec1e38424211d8651.1763473655.git.buday.csaba@prolan.hu Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: mdio: common handling of phy device reset properties

2025-11-21T01:41:39+00:00

Unify the handling of the per device reset properties for `mdio_device`. Merge mdio_device_register_gpiod() and mdio_device_register_reset() into mdio_device_register_reset(), that handles both reset-controllers and reset-gpios. Move reading of the reset firmware properties (reset-assert-us, reset-deassert-us) from fwnode_mdio.c to mdio_device_register_reset(), so all reset related initialization code is kept in one place. Introduce mdio_device_unregister_reset() to release the associated resources. These changes make tracking the reset properties easier. Added kernel-doc for mdio_device_register/unregister_reset(). Signed-off-by: Buday Csaba Link: https://patch.msgid.link/17c216efd7a47be17db104378b6aacfc8741d8b9.1763473655.git.buday.csaba@prolan.hu Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: mdio: move device reset functions to mdio_device.c

2025-11-21T01:41:39+00:00

The functions mdiobus_register_gpiod() and mdiobus_register_reset() handle the mdio device reset initialization, which belong to mdio_device.c. Move them from mdio_bus.c to mdio_device.c, and rename them to match the corresponding source file: mdio_device_register_gpio() and mdio_device_register_reset(). Remove 'static' qualifiers and declare them in drivers/net/phy/mdio-private.h (new header file). Signed-off-by: Buday Csaba Link: https://patch.msgid.link/5f684838ee897130f21b21beb07695eea4af8988.1763473655.git.buday.csaba@prolan.hu Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: phy: assign default match function for non-PHY MDIO devices

2025-06-13T01:12:37+00:00

Make mdio_device_bus_match() the default match function for non-PHY MDIO devices. Benefit is that we don't have to export this function any longer. As long as mdiodev->modalias isn't set, there's no change in behavior. mdiobus_create_device() is the only place where mdiodev->modalias gets set, but this function sets mdio_device_bus_match() as match function anyway. Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/6c94e3d3-bfb0-4ddc-a518-6fddbc64e1d0@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: phy: make mdio consumer / device layer a separate module

2025-05-20T10:22:47+00:00

After having factored out the provider part from mdio_bus.c, we can make the mdio consumer / device layer a separate module. This also allows to remove Kconfig symbol MDIO_DEVICE. The module init / exit functions from mdio_bus.c no longer have to be called from phy_device.c. The link order defined in drivers/net/phy/Makefile ensures that init / exit functions are called in the right order. Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/dba6b156-5748-44ce-b5e2-e8dc2fcee5a7@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

driver core: have match() callback in struct bus_type take a const *

2024-07-03T13:16:54+00:00

In the match() callback, the struct device_driver * should not be changed, so change the function callback to be a const *. This is one step of many towards making the driver core safe to have struct device_driver in read-only memory. Because the match() callback is in all busses, all busses are modified to handle this properly. This does entail switching some container_of() calls to container_of_const() to properly handle the constant *. For some busses, like PCI and USB and HV, the const * is cast away in the match callback as those busses do want to modify those structures at this point in time (they have a local lock in the driver structure.) That will have to be changed in the future if they wish to have their struct device * in read-only-memory. Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki Reviewed-by: Alex Elder Acked-by: Sumit Garg Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2024070136-wrongdoer-busily-01e8@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman