netdev - [PATCH] igb: skip phy status check where unavailable

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Date:   Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:55:54 -0700
From:   Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@...sta.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     kevmitch@...sta.com, Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Takuma Ueba <t.ueba11@...il.com>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] igb: skip phy status check where unavailable

igb_read_phy_reg() will silently return, leaving phy_data untouched, if
hw->ops.read_reg isn't set. Depending on the uninitialized value of
phy_data, this led to the phy status check either succeeding immediately
or looping continuously for 2 seconds before emitting a noisy err-level
timeout. This message went out to the console even though there was no
actual problem.

Instead, first check if there is read_reg function pointer. If not,
proceed without trying to check the phy status register.

Fixes: b72f3f72005d ("igb: When GbE link up, wait for Remote receiver status condition")
Signed-off-by: Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@...sta.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 34b33b21e0dc..68be2976f539 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -5505,7 +5505,8 @@ static void igb_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
 				break;
 			}
 
-			if (adapter->link_speed != SPEED_1000)
+			if (adapter->link_speed != SPEED_1000 ||
+			    !hw->phy.ops.read_reg)
 				goto no_wait;
 
 			/* wait for Remote receiver status OK */
-- 
2.35.1