Re: [PATCH] net/phy: micrel: configure intterupts after autoneg workaround

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sat Jun 17 2017 - 18:39:30 EST


On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 12:20:07PM -0500, Zach Brown wrote:
> The commit ("net/phy: micrel: Add workaround for bad autoneg") fixes
> an autoneg failure case by resetting the hardware. This turns off
> intterupts. Things will work themselves out if the phy
> polls, as it will figure out it's state during a poll. However if the
> phy uses only intterupts, the phy will stall, since interrupts
> are off.
>
> This patch fixes the issue by calling config_intr after resetting the
> phy.
>
> Fixes: d2fd719bcb0e ("net/phy: micrel: Add workaround for bad autoneg ")
> Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
> index 9365b07..bc2a0a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
> @@ -620,6 +620,8 @@ static int ksz9031_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev)
> if ((regval & 0xFF) == 0xFF) {
> phy_init_hw(phydev);
> phydev->link = 0;
> + if (phydev->drv->config_intr)
> + phydev->drv->config_intr(phydev);

The core will only call the config_intr() method if
phy_interrupt_is_valid() is true.

I would suggest you do the same here. Otherwise there is a danger of
enabling interrupts without having an interrupt handler registered.

Andrew