netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: realtek: check validity of 10GbE link-partner advertisement

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Message-ID: <8fb5c25d-8ef5-4126-b709-0cfe2d722330@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 23:17:28 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: realtek: check validity of 10GbE
 link-partner advertisement

On Fri, Oct 04, 2024 at 04:50:36PM +0100, Daniel Golle wrote:
> Only use link-partner advertisement bits for 10GbE modes if they are
> actually valid. Check LOCALOK and REMOTEOK bits and clear 10GbE modes
> unless both of them are set.
> This prevents misinterpreting the stale 2500M link-partner advertisement
> bit in case a subsequent linkpartner doesn't do any NBase-T
> advertisement at all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/realtek.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> index c4d0d93523ad..d276477cf511 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> @@ -927,6 +927,10 @@ static int rtl822x_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  		if (lpadv < 0)
>  			return lpadv;
>  
> +		if (!(lpadv & MDIO_AN_10GBT_STAT_REMOK) ||
> +		    !(lpadv & MDIO_AN_10GBT_STAT_LOCOK))
> +			lpadv = 0;
> +
>  		mii_10gbt_stat_mod_linkmode_lpa_t(phydev->lp_advertising,
>  						  lpadv);

I know lpadv is coming from a vendor register, but does
MDIO_AN_10GBT_STAT_LOCOK and MDIO_AN_10GBT_STAT_REMOK apply if it was
also from the register defined in 802.3? I'm just wondering if this
test should be inside mii_10gbt_stat_mod_linkmode_lpa_t()?

	Andrew