The link status register latches link-down events. Therefore, if link is reported as being up, there's no need for a second read.
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c | 2 ++ drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c index d429c6a3e..19334fe5f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c @@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ int genphy_c45_read_link(struct phy_device *phydev) val = phy_read_mmd(phydev, devad, MDIO_STAT1); if (val < 0) return val; + else if (val & MDIO_STAT1_LSTATUS) + continue; } val = phy_read_mmd(phydev, devad, MDIO_STAT1); diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c index d490cd2a8..9369e1323 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c @@ -1735,8 +1735,12 @@ int genphy_update_link(struct phy_device *phydev) */ if (!phy_polling_mode(phydev)) { status = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR); - if (status < 0) + if (status < 0) { return status; + } else if (status & BMSR_LSTATUS) { + phydev->link = 1; + return 0; + } } /* Read link and autonegotiation status */ -- 2.20.1