Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: phy: don't use locking in phy_is_started

On 2/13/2019 11:11 AM, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > Russell suggested to remove the locking from phy_is_started() because > the read is atomic anyway and actually the locking may be more > misleading. > > Fixes: 2b3e88ea6528 ("net: phy: improve phy state checking") > Suggested-by: Russell King - AR

[PATCH net 1/2] net: phy: don't use locking in phy_is_started

Russell suggested to remove the locking from phy_is_started() because the read is atomic anyway and actually the locking may be more misleading. Fixes: 2b3e88ea6528 ("net: phy: improve phy state checking") Suggested-by: Russell King - ARM Linux admin Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit --- drivers/n