netdev - [PATCH net] net: phy: consider AN_RESTART status when reading link status

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Message-ID: <46efcf9f-0938-e017-706c-fb5a400f6fbb@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:20:02 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yonglong Liu <liuyonglong@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: phy: consider AN_RESTART status when reading link
 status

After configuring and restarting aneg we immediately try to read the
link status. On some systems the PHY may not yet have cleared the
"aneg complete" and "link up" bits, resulting in a false link-up
signal. See [0] for a report.
Clause 22 and 45 both require the PHY to keep the AN_RESTART
bit set until the PHY actually starts auto-negotiation.
Let's consider this in the generic functions for reading link status.
The commit marked as fixed is the first one where the patch applies
cleanly.

[0] https://marc.info/?t=156518400300003&r=1&w=2

Fixes: c1164bb1a631 ("net: phy: check PMAPMD link status only in genphy_c45_read_link")
Tested-by: Yonglong Liu <liuyonglong@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c    | 14 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c
index b9d414578..58bb25e4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c
@@ -219,6 +219,20 @@ int genphy_c45_read_link(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	int val, devad;
 	bool link = true;
 
+	if (phydev->c45_ids.devices_in_package & MDIO_DEVS_AN) {
+		val = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_AN, MDIO_CTRL1);
+		if (val < 0)
+			return val;
+
+		/* Autoneg is being started, therefore disregard current
+		 * link status and report link as down.
+		 */
+		if (val & MDIO_AN_CTRL1_RESTART) {
+			phydev->link = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
 	while (mmd_mask && link) {
 		devad = __ffs(mmd_mask);
 		mmd_mask &= ~BIT(devad);
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index b039632de..163295dbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1741,7 +1741,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(genphy_aneg_done);
  */
 int genphy_update_link(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
-	int status;
+	int status = 0, bmcr;
+
+	bmcr = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMCR);
+	if (bmcr < 0)
+		return bmcr;
+
+	/* Autoneg is being started, therefore disregard BMSR value and
+	 * report link as down.
+	 */
+	if (bmcr & BMCR_ANRESTART)
+		goto done;
 
 	/* The link state is latched low so that momentary link
 	 * drops can be detected. Do not double-read the status
-- 
2.22.0