> { > struct mv88e6xxx_priv_state *ps = ds_to_priv(ds); > int addr = mv88e6xxx_port_to_phy_addr(ps, port); > - int ret; > + int err; > > if (addr < 0) > return 0xffff; > > +
We don't want an extra blank line. I'm surprised checkpatch did not warn about this. > mutex_lock(&ps->smi_mutex); > - ret = _mv88e6xxx_phy_write(ps, addr, regnum, val); > + > + if (mv88e6xxx_has(ps, MV88E6XXX_FLAG_PPU)) > + err = _mv88e6xxx_phy_write_ppu(ps, addr, regnum, val); > + else > + err = _mv88e6xxx_phy_write(ps, addr, regnum, val); > + > mutex_unlock(&ps->smi_mutex); > - return ret; > + > + return err; Please don't rename ret to err. This patch is about phy reading and writing, and i don't expect to see anything else here. It makes it harder to review. Andrew