[PATCH net-next v3 1/1] net: phy: clear link parameters on admin link down
From: Oleksij Rempel
Date: Wed Sep 17 2025 - 05:49:05 EST
When a PHY is halted (e.g. `ip link set dev lan2 down`), several
fields in struct phy_device may still reflect the last active
connection. This leads to ethtool showing stale values even though
the link is down.
Reset selected fields in _phy_state_machine() when transitioning
to PHY_HALTED and the link was previously up:
- speed/duplex -> UNKNOWN, but only in autoneg mode (in forced mode
these fields carry configuration, not status)
- master_slave_state -> UNKNOWN if previously supported
- mdix -> INVALID (state only, same meaning as "unknown")
- lp_advertising -> always cleared
The cleanup is skipped if the PHY is in PHY_ERROR state, so the
last values remain available for diagnostics.
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
changes v3:
- rework commit message
- move cleaning sequence to PHY_HALTED case in _phy_state_machine()
changes v2:
- rebase and resned against net-next
drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index e046dd858f15..02da4a203ddd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -1548,6 +1548,19 @@ static enum phy_state_work _phy_state_machine(struct phy_device *phydev)
}
break;
case PHY_HALTED:
+ if (phydev->link) {
+ if (phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE) {
+ phydev->speed = SPEED_UNKNOWN;
+ phydev->duplex = DUPLEX_UNKNOWN;
+ }
+ if (phydev->master_slave_state !=
+ MASTER_SLAVE_STATE_UNSUPPORTED)
+ phydev->master_slave_state =
+ MASTER_SLAVE_STATE_UNKNOWN;
+ phydev->mdix = ETH_TP_MDI_INVALID;
+ linkmode_zero(phydev->lp_advertising);
+ }
+ fallthrough;
case PHY_ERROR:
if (phydev->link) {
phydev->link = 0;
--
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