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Message-ID: <1317919737-25893-1-git-send-email-madalin.bucur@freescale.com>
Date:	Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:48:57 +0300
From:	Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@...escale.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<afleming@...escale.com>,
	Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@...escale.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] net/phy: abort genphy_read_status when link changes during speed and duplex reading

If the link changes during speed and duplex reading the values may be out of sync;
abort the update if the link state changes during the read

Signed-off-by: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@...escale.com>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index a1e132c..e88f49a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -824,6 +824,16 @@ int genphy_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev)
 
 		lpa &= adv;
 
+		err = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR);
+
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+
+		/* if the link changed while reading speed and duplex
+		 * abort the speed and duplex update */
+		if (((err & BMSR_LSTATUS) == 0) != (phydev->link == 0))
+			return 0;
+
 		phydev->speed = SPEED_10;
 		phydev->duplex = DUPLEX_HALF;
 		phydev->pause = phydev->asym_pause = 0;
-- 
1.7.0.1


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