1 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index d8e9335d415c..0c52a9eff188 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1651,20 +1651,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_driver_is_genphy_10g);
 /**
  * phy_package_join - join a common PHY group
  * @phydev: target phy_device struct
- * @addr: cookie and PHY address for global register access
+ * @base_addr: cookie and base PHY address of PHY package for offset
+ *   calculation of global register access
  * @priv_size: if non-zero allocate this amount of bytes for private data
  *
  * This joins a PHY group and provides a shared storage for all phydevs in
  * this group. This is intended to be used for packages which contain
  * more than one PHY, for example a quad PHY transceiver.
  *
- * The addr parameter serves as a cookie which has to have the same value
- * for all members of one group and as a PHY address to access generic
- * registers of a PHY package. Usually, one of the PHY addresses of the
- * different PHYs in the package provides access to these global registers.
+ * The base_addr parameter serves as cookie which has to have the same values
+ * for all members of one group and as the base PHY address of the PHY package
+ * for offset calculation to access generic registers of a PHY package.
+ * Usually, one of the PHY addresses of the different PHYs in the package
+ * provides access to these global registers.
  * The address which is given here, will be used in the phy_package_read()
- * and phy_package_write() convenience functions. If your PHY doesn't have
- * global registers you can just pick any of the PHY addresses.
+ * and phy_package_write() convenience functions as base and added to the
+ * passed offset in those functions.
  *
  * This will set the shared pointer of the phydev to the shared storage.
  * If this is the first call for a this cookie the shared storage will be
@@ -1674,17 +1676,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_driver_is_genphy_10g);
  * Returns < 1 on error, 0 on success. Esp. calling phy_package_join()
  * with the same cookie but a different priv_size is an error.
  */
-int phy_package_join(struct phy_device *phydev, int addr, size_t priv_size)
+int phy_package_join(struct phy_device *phydev, int base_addr, size_t priv_size)
 {
 	struct mii_bus *bus = phydev->mdio.bus;
 	struct phy_package_shared *shared;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (addr < 0 || addr >= PHY_MAX_ADDR)
+	if (base_addr < 0 || base_addr >= PHY_MAX_ADDR)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&bus->shared_lock);
-	shared = bus->shared[addr];
+	shared = bus->shared[base_addr];
 	if (!shared) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		shared = kzalloc(sizeof(*shared), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1696,9 +1698,9 @@ int phy_package_join(struct phy_device *phydev, int addr, size_t priv_size)
 				goto err_free;
 			shared->priv_size = priv_size;
 		}
-		shared->addr = addr;
+		shared->base_addr = base_addr;
 		refcount_set(&shared->refcnt, 1);
-		bus->shared[addr] = shared;
+		bus->shared[base_addr] = shared;
 	} else {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		if (priv_size && priv_size != shared->priv_size)
@@ -1736,7 +1738,7 @@ void phy_package_leave(struct phy_device *phydev)
 		return;
 
 	if (refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(&shared->refcnt, &bus->shared_lock)) {
-		bus->shared[shared->addr] = NULL;
+		bus->shared[shared->base_addr] = NULL;
 		mutex_unlock(&bus->shared_lock);
 		kfree(shared->priv);
 		kfree(shared);
@@ -1755,7 +1757,8 @@ static void devm_phy_package_leave(struct device *dev, void *res)
  * devm_phy_package_join - resource managed phy_package_join()
  * @dev: device that is registering this PHY package
  * @phydev: target phy_device struct
- * @addr: cookie and PHY address for global register access
+ * @base_addr: cookie and base PHY address of PHY package for offset
+ *   calculation of global register access
  * @priv_size: if non-zero allocate this amount of bytes for private data
  *
  * Managed phy_package_join(). Shared storage fetched by this function,
@@ -1763,7 +1766,7 @@ static void devm_phy_package_leave(struct device *dev, void *res)
  * phy_package_join() for more information.
  */
 int devm_phy_package_join(struct device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
-			  int addr, size_t priv_size)
+			  int base_addr, size_t priv_size)
 {
 	struct phy_device **ptr;
 	int ret;
@@ -1773,7 +1776,7 @@ int devm_phy_package_join(struct device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 	if (!ptr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = phy_package_join(phydev, addr, priv_size);
+	ret = phy_package_join(phydev, base_addr, priv_size);
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		*ptr = phydev;