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Date:   Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:39:41 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Harini Katakam <harini.katakam@xilinx.com>
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        claudiu.beznea@microchip.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
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        Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhrajyoti.datta@xilinx.com>,
        Sai Pavan Boddu <sai.pavan.boddu@xilinx.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] net: macb: Check MDIO state before read/write and
 use timeouts
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On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 12:37:49PM +0530, Harini Katakam wrote:
> From: Harini Katakam <harinik@xilinx.com>
> 
> Replace the while loop in MDIO read/write functions with a timeout.
> In addition, add a check for MDIO bus busy before initiating a new
> operation as well to make sure there is no ongoing MDIO operation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhrajyoti.datta@xilinx.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sai Pavan Boddu <sai.pavan.boddu@xilinx.com>
> Signed-off-by: Harini Katakam <harinik@xilinx.com>
> ---
> v2 changes:
> Use readx_poll_timeout
> 
> Changes form RFC:
> Cleaned up timeout implementation and moved it to a helper.
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h      |  3 +++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
> index 3d45f4c..df7bee1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
> @@ -714,6 +714,9 @@
>  		__v; \
>  	})
>  
> +#define MACB_IDLE_MASK		(1 << MACB_IDLE_OFFSET)

I think you could use the MACB_BIT() macro here.

But otherwise,

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew