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net: phy: fixed: remove usage of a faux device
authorHeiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:18:03 +0000 (21:18 +0200)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:27:00 +0000 (12:27 -0700)
A struct mii_bus doesn't need a parent, so we can simplify the code and
remove using a faux device. Only difference is the following in sysfs
under /sys/class/mdio_bus:

old: fixed-0 -> '../../devices/faux/Fixed MDIO bus/mdio_bus/fixed-0'
new: fixed-0 -> ../../devices/virtual/mdio_bus/fixed-0

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e9426bb9-f228-4b99-bc09-a80a958b5a93@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c

index 033656d574b89aa80f27dbf9cef69da066964090..8ad49dc1105deb994630b47c95f57e732ac32269 100644 (file)
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/device/faux.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/mii.h>
 #include <linux/phy.h>
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ struct fixed_phy {
        struct gpio_desc *link_gpiod;
 };
 
-static struct faux_device *fdev;
 static struct fixed_mdio_bus platform_fmb = {
        .phys = LIST_HEAD_INIT(platform_fmb.phys),
 };
@@ -317,20 +315,13 @@ static int __init fixed_mdio_bus_init(void)
        struct fixed_mdio_bus *fmb = &platform_fmb;
        int ret;
 
-       fdev = faux_device_create("Fixed MDIO bus", NULL, NULL);
-       if (!fdev)
-               return -ENODEV;
-
        fmb->mii_bus = mdiobus_alloc();
-       if (fmb->mii_bus == NULL) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto err_mdiobus_reg;
-       }
+       if (!fmb->mii_bus)
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
        snprintf(fmb->mii_bus->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "fixed-0");
        fmb->mii_bus->name = "Fixed MDIO Bus";
        fmb->mii_bus->priv = fmb;
-       fmb->mii_bus->parent = &fdev->dev;
        fmb->mii_bus->read = &fixed_mdio_read;
        fmb->mii_bus->write = &fixed_mdio_write;
        fmb->mii_bus->phy_mask = ~0;
@@ -343,8 +334,6 @@ static int __init fixed_mdio_bus_init(void)
 
 err_mdiobus_alloc:
        mdiobus_free(fmb->mii_bus);
-err_mdiobus_reg:
-       faux_device_destroy(fdev);
        return ret;
 }
 module_init(fixed_mdio_bus_init);
@@ -356,7 +345,6 @@ static void __exit fixed_mdio_bus_exit(void)
 
        mdiobus_unregister(fmb->mii_bus);
        mdiobus_free(fmb->mii_bus);
-       faux_device_destroy(fdev);
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(fp, tmp, &fmb->phys, node) {
                list_del(&fp->node);