[PATCH net-next 2/6] net: phy: add phy_may_wakeup()

Maxime Chevallier maxime.chevallier at bootlin.com
Wed Oct 22 06:43:20 PDT 2025


Hi Russell,

On 17/10/2025 14:04, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> Add phy_may_wakeup() which uses the driver model's device_may_wakeup()
> when the PHY driver has marked the device as wakeup capable in the
> driver model, otherwise use phy_drv_wol_enabled().
> 
> Replace the sites that used to call phy_drv_wol_enabled() with this
> as checking the driver model will be more efficient than checking the
> WoL state.
> 
> Export phy_may_wakeup() so that phylink can use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  include/linux/phy.h          |  9 +++++++++
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> index 7a67c900e79a..b7feaf0cb1df 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> @@ -251,6 +251,16 @@ static bool phy_drv_wol_enabled(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  	return wol.wolopts != 0;
>  }
>  
> +bool phy_may_wakeup(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> +	/* If the PHY is using driver-model based wakeup, use that state. */
> +	if (phy_can_wakeup(phydev))
> +		return device_may_wakeup(&phydev->mdio.dev);
> +
> +	return phy_drv_wol_enabled(phydev);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_may_wakeup);
> +
>  static void phy_link_change(struct phy_device *phydev, bool up)
>  {
>  	struct net_device *netdev = phydev->attached_dev;
> @@ -302,7 +312,7 @@ static bool mdio_bus_phy_may_suspend(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  	/* If the PHY on the mido bus is not attached but has WOL enabled
>  	 * we cannot suspend the PHY.
>  	 */
> -	if (!netdev && phy_drv_wol_enabled(phydev))
> +	if (!netdev && phy_may_wakeup(phydev))
>  		return false;
>  
>  	/* PHY not attached? May suspend if the PHY has not already been
> @@ -1909,7 +1919,7 @@ int phy_suspend(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  	if (phydev->suspended || !phydrv)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	phydev->wol_enabled = phy_drv_wol_enabled(phydev) ||
> +	phydev->wol_enabled = phy_may_wakeup(phydev) ||
>  			      (netdev && netdev->ethtool->wol_enabled);
>  	/* If the device has WOL enabled, we cannot suspend the PHY */
>  	if (phydev->wol_enabled && !(phydrv->flags & PHY_ALWAYS_CALL_SUSPEND))
> diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
> index 3eeeaec52832..801356da1fb2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/phy.h
> +++ b/include/linux/phy.h
> @@ -1391,6 +1391,15 @@ static inline bool phy_can_wakeup(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  	return device_can_wakeup(&phydev->mdio.dev);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * phy_may_wakeup() - indicate whether PHY has driver model wakeup is enabled
> + * @phydev: The phy_device struct
> + *
> + * Returns: true/false depending on the PHY driver's device_set_wakeup_enabled()
> + * setting.

That's not exactly what's happening, this suggest this is merely a
wrapper around device_may_wakeup().

I don't think it's worth blocking the series though, but if you need to
respin maybe this could be reworded.

Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier at bootlin.com>

> + */
> +bool phy_may_wakeup(struct phy_device *phydev);
> +
>  void phy_resolve_aneg_pause(struct phy_device *phydev);
>  void phy_resolve_aneg_linkmode(struct phy_device *phydev);
>  

Maxime



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