netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: don't double-read link status register if link is up

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Message-Id: <20190208.230206.1183020317655503564.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:02:06 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: don't double-read link status
 register if link is up

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 20:22:20 +0100

> The link status register latches link-down events. Therefore, if link
> is reported as being up, there's no need for a second read.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Looks good.

Applied, thanks.