Re: [PATCH net-next v6 5/8] net: phy: Immediately call adjust_link if only tx_lpi_enabled changes

From: Oleksij Rempel
Date: Tue Feb 27 2024 - 00:35:58 EST


On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 07:59:28PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 05:53:31PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 09:50:02AM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > > This is the source of the concern, we don't know which MAC drivers we might
> > > end-up breaking by calling adjust_link(link == 1) twice in a row, hopefully
> > > none, because they should be well written to only update the parameters that
> > > need updating, but who knows?
> >
> > Just quickly... There are some (I went through a bunch.) They don't
> > support EEE. I haven't been through all though, so there could be
> > some which support EEE and where adjust_link() with phydev->link=true
> > twice in a row could result in badness.
>
> So i think we all agree the MAC needs to see a down/up, even if the
> link itself never went down. Anything else is too risky and will
> probably break something somewhere.

Means, this patch should be dropped. Are there other changes required?

Regards,
Oleksij
--
Pengutronix e.K. | |
Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ |
31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 |
Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |