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Date:   Wed, 24 May 2023 19:32:40 +0200
From:   Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc:     Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@microchip.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
        Arun Ramadoss <arun.ramadoss@microchip.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
        netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>, kernel@pengutronix.de,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/5] net: dsa: microchip: improving error
 handling for 8-bit register RMW operations
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On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 01:39:53PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 02:32:16PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > This patch refines the error handling mechanism for 8-bit register
> > read-modify-write operations. In case of a failure, it now logs an error
> > message detailing the problematic offset. This enhancement aids in
> > debugging by providing more precise information when these operations
> > encounter issues.
> > 
> > Furthermore, the ksz_prmw8() function has been updated to return error
> > values rather than void, enabling calling functions to appropriately
> > respond to errors.
> 
> What happens when there is an error that affects the current and future
> accesses? Does this PHY driver then begin to flood the kernel log?

Yes. In the same way as it is done in all ksz_read*/ksz_write* helpers.

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