linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: ax88179_178a: improve link status logs

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Message-ID: <20240618110800.GM8447@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:08:00 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: ax88179_178a: improve link status logs

On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 12:33:59PM +0200, Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez wrote:
> Avoid spurious link status logs that may ultimately be wrong; for example,
> if the link is set to down with the cable plugged, then the cable is
> unplugged and afer this the link is set to up, the last new log that is

nit: after

> appearing is incorrectly telling that the link is up.
> 
> In order to aovid errors, show link status logs after link_reset

nit: avoid

Nits Flagged by checkpatch.pl --codespell

> processing, and in order to avoid spurious as much as possible, only show
> the link loss when some link status change is detected.
> 
> cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: e2ca90c276e1 ("ax88179_178a: ASIX AX88179_178A USB 3.0/2.0 to gigabit ethernet adapter driver")
> Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com>

The nits above notwithstanding, this looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>

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