Re: [PATCH net v3 1/4] net: phy: as21xxx: handle stale link status during autoneg

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- [Low] The commit message for "net: phy: as21xxx: handle stale link
  status during autoneg" says "MDIO_STAT1_ANEGCOMPLETE may be cleared…

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net: phy: as21xxx: handle stale link status during autoneg

The patch makes as21xxx_read_link() record whether autonegotiation has
completed. If autoneg is enabled but not yet complete, it forces
phydev->link down, so a stale link up bit cannot be reported with an
unknown speed.

> When autonegotiation is restarted, MDIO_STAT1_ANEGCOMPLETE may be
> cleared before MDIO_STAT1_LSTATUS. In this case, the link status bit
> may still indicate link up even though autonegotiation has not
> completed.

[Severity: Low]
This isn't a bug, but MDIO_STAT1_ANEGCOMPLETE doesn't seem to exist
anywhere in the tree.

The code in as21xxx_read_link() tests a different macro:

    phydev->autoneg_complete = !!(status & MDIO_AN_STAT1_COMPLETE);

That macro is defined in include/uapi/linux/mdio.h:

    #define MDIO_AN_STAT1_COMPLETE		BMSR_ANEGCOMPLETE

Could the commit message say MDIO_AN_STAT1_COMPLETE instead, so it matches
the code and the name can be found with grep?

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