[RFC PATCH net-next v2 03/10] net: phy: add helpers to handle sfp phy connect/disconnect

[Andrew Lunn]

> +/**
> + * phy_sfp_connect_phy - Connect the SFP module's PHY to the upstream PHY
> + * @upstream: pointer to the upstream phy device
> + * @phy: pointer to the SFP module's phy device
> + *
> + * This helper allows keeping track of PHY devices on the link. It adds the
> + * SFP module's phy to the phy namespace of the upstream phy
> + */
> +int phy_sfp_connect_phy(void *upstream, struct phy_device *phy)
> +{
> +	struct phy_device *phydev = upstream;

Will this function only ever be called from a PHY driver? If so, we
know upstream is PHY. So we can avoid using void * and make it a
struct phy_device *. 

       Andrew