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Date:   Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:53:29 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@waldekranz.com>
Cc:     davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@gmail.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Improve indirect
 addressing performance
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 12:12:39AM +0100, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> Before this change, both the read and write callback would start out
> by asserting that the chip's busy flag was cleared. However, both
> callbacks also made sure to wait for the clearing of the busy bit
> before returning - making the initial check superfluous. The only
> time that would ever have an effect was if the busy bit was initially
> set for some reason.
> 
> With that in mind, make sure to perform an initial check of the busy
> bit, after which both read and write can rely the previous operation
> to have waited for the bit to clear.
> 
> This cuts the number of operations on the underlying MDIO bus by 25%
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@waldekranz.com>

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

    Andrew