netdev - [PATCH] net: phy: Grammar update for comment in genphy_update

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Message-Id: <20260121-phy-gra-v1-1-8b4d178939de@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:49:52 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, 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>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: phy: Grammar update for comment in genphy_update_link

Enhance the grammar of the comment in genphy_update_link()
describing momentary link drop handling.

Found by inspection.

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index f624218bf3664f36d58332ac1c78f01334dab0ce..8a3eb1839a3d7748d94ef95593c2283eae9f8665 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ int genphy_update_link(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	/* The link state is latched low so that momentary link
 	 * drops can be detected. Do not double-read the status
 	 * in polling mode to detect such short link drops except
-	 * the link was already down.
+	 * if the link was already down.
 	 */
 	if (!phy_polling_mode(phydev) || !phydev->link) {
 		status = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR);