Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: phy: xpcs: Return error upon RX/TX fault

[Russell King - ARM Linux admin]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 02:39:41PM +0100, Jose Abreu wrote:
> RX/TX fault status results in link errors. Return error upon these cases
> so that XPCS can be correctly resumed.

Are you sure about this?  I'm sure that I read in IEEE 802.3 that
a loss of link results in a receive fault being indicated in
status register 2.

See 49.2.14.1 describing "PCS_status" and the descriptions of MDIO
registers 3.1.2 and 3.8.10.  Basically, the link status (3.1.2) is a
latched-low version of PCS_status, and 3.8.10 is an inverted version
of this, independently latched-high.

Returning -EFAULT seems to mean that we'll soft-reset the PHY, and
reconfigure it every time we attempt to read the status whenever the
link is down.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> Cc: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/mdio-xpcs.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-xpcs.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-xpcs.c
> index a4cbeecc6d42..23516397b982 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-xpcs.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-xpcs.c
> @@ -190,10 +190,14 @@ static int xpcs_read_fault(struct mdio_xpcs_args *xpcs,
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	if (ret & MDIO_STAT2_RXFAULT)
> +	if (ret & MDIO_STAT2_RXFAULT) {
>  		xpcs_warn(xpcs, state, "Receiver fault detected!\n");
> -	if (ret & MDIO_STAT2_TXFAULT)
> +		return -EFAULT;
> +	}
> +	if (ret & MDIO_STAT2_TXFAULT) {
>  		xpcs_warn(xpcs, state, "Transmitter fault detected!\n");
> +		return -EFAULT;
> +	}
>  
>  	ret = xpcs_read_vendor(xpcs, MDIO_MMD_PCS, DW_VR_XS_PCS_DIG_STS);
>  	if (ret < 0)
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
> 

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