Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: force phy suspend when calling phy_stop

[Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>]

On 28.08.2019 03:34, Jian Shen wrote:
> Some ethernet drivers may call phy_start() and phy_stop() from
> ndo_open() and ndo_close() respectively.
> 
> When network cable is unconnected, and operate like below:
> step 1: ifconfig ethX up -> ndo_open -> phy_start ->start
> autoneg, and phy is no link.
> step 2: ifconfig ethX down -> ndo_close -> phy_stop -> just stop
> phy state machine.
> 
> This patch forces phy suspend even phydev->link is off.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jian Shen <shenjian15@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> index f3adea9..0acd5b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> @@ -911,8 +911,8 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struct *work)
>  		if (phydev->link) {
>  			phydev->link = 0;
>  			phy_link_down(phydev, true);
> -			do_suspend = true;
>  		}
> +		do_suspend = true;
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> 
Reviewed-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>