phy_package_lock(9)

phy_package_lock(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for phy_package_lock, and it’s giving “grab the PHY package lock” energy. no cap. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

phy_package_lock — acquire the PHY package lock 🔐

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void phy_package_lock (struct phy_device *phydev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phydev — the PHY device that has joined the package. that’s the one you’re passing in, bestie 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This is the move when you need to serialize access to package-private data — like, make it a one-at-a-time situation instead of a whole group chat talking over each other. 🗣️✨

When you’re done, release the lock with phy_package_unlock. literally that’s the whole ritual. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy_package.c struct
• phy_package_shared(9)
• phy_package_unlock(9)
• __phy_package_read_mmd(9)
• __phy_package_write_mmd(9)
• phy_package_join(9)
• of_phy_package_join(9)
• phy_package_leave(9)
• devm_phy_package_join(9)
• devm_of_phy_package_join(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/net/phy; date: October 2026. 🎀