linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] net: phy: clear EEE runtime state in PHY_HALTED/PHY

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Message-ID: <dd53bd18-32b5-404c-92cf-2bca8a510718@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:41 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] net: phy: clear EEE runtime state in
 PHY_HALTED/PHY_ERROR

On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 03:20:00PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Clear EEE runtime flags when the PHY transitions to HALTED or ERROR
> and the state machine drops the link. This avoids stale EEE state being
> reported via ethtool after the PHY is stopped or hits an error.
> 
> This change intentionally only clears software runtime flags and avoids
> MDIO accesses in HALTED/ERROR. A follow-up patch will address other
> link state variables.
> 
> Suggested-by: Russell King (Oracle) <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew