netdev - Re: [PATCH net] r8169: fix cable re-plugging issue

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Message-Id: <20190323.213216.1562058513815047103.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sat, 23 Mar 2019 21:32:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, barteks2x@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] r8169: fix cable re-plugging issue

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 07:39:35 +0100

> Bartek reported that after few cable unplug/replug cycles suddenly
> replug isn't detected any longer. His system uses a RTL8106, I wasn't
> able to reproduce the issue with RTL8168g. According to his bisect
> the referenced commit caused the regression. As Realtek doesn't
> release datasheets or errata it's hard to say what's the actual root
> cause, but this change was reported to fix the issue.
> 
> Fixes: 38caff5a445b ("r8169: handle all interrupt events in the hard irq handler")
> Reported-by: Bartosz Skrzypczak <barteks2x@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Bartosz Skrzypczak <barteks2x@...il.com>
> Tested-by: Bartosz Skrzypczak <barteks2x@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Heiner.