netdev - Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Avoid spurious link down messages during interface toggle

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:00:07 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Rangoju@...eaurora.org, Raju <Raju.Rangoju@....com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 edumazet@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
 thomas.lendacky@....com, Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Avoid spurious link down messages during
 interface toggle

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:21:42 +0530 you wrote:
> During interface toggle operations (ifdown/ifup), the driver currently
> resets the local helper variable 'phy_link' to -1. This causes the link
> state machine to incorrectly interpret the state as a link change event,
> resulting in spurious "Link is down" messages being logged when the
> interface is brought back up.
> 
> Preserve the phy_link state across interface toggles to avoid treating
> the -1 sentinel value as a legitimate link state transition.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] amd-xgbe: Avoid spurious link down messages during interface toggle
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/2616222e4233

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