netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: force phy suspend when calling phy

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Date:   Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:17:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     shenjian15@...wei.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        forest.zhouchang@...wei.com, linuxarm@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: force phy suspend when calling
 phy_stop

From: Jian Shen <shenjian15@...wei.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 09:34:47 +0800

> Some ethernet drivers may call phy_start() and phy_stop() from
> ndo_open() and ndo_close() respectively.
> 
> When network cable is unconnected, and operate like below:
> step 1: ifconfig ethX up -> ndo_open -> phy_start ->start
> autoneg, and phy is no link.
> step 2: ifconfig ethX down -> ndo_close -> phy_stop -> just stop
> phy state machine.
> 
> This patch forces phy suspend even phydev->link is off.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jian Shen <shenjian15@...wei.com>

Applied.