[PATCH net-next 1/6] net: stmmac: remove eee_enabled/eee_active in stmmac_ethtool_op_get_eee()

[Andrew Lunn]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 09:33:44AM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> stmmac_ethtool_op_get_eee() sets both eee_enabled and eee_active, and
> then goes on to call phylink_ethtool_get_eee().
> 
> phylink_ethtool_get_eee() will return -EOPNOTSUPP if there is no PHY
> present, otherwise calling phy_ethtool_get_eee() which in turn will call
> genphy_c45_ethtool_get_eee().
> 
> genphy_c45_ethtool_get_eee() will overwrite eee_enabled and eee_active
> with its own interpretation from the PHYs settings and negotiation
> result.
> 
> Thus, when there is no PHY, stmmac_ethtool_op_get_eee() will fail with
> -EOPNOTSUPP, meaning eee_enabled and eee_active will not be returned to
> userspace. When there is a PHY, eee_enabled and eee_active will be
> overwritten by phylib, making the setting of these members in
> stmmac_ethtool_op_get_eee() entirely unnecessary.
> 
> Remove this code, thus simplifying stmmac_ethtool_op_get_eee().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>

    Andrew