[PATCH net] net: phy: fix duplex out of sync problem while changing settings

As reported by Zhang there's a small issue if in forced mode the duplex
mode changes with the link staying up [0]. In this case the MAC isn't
notified about the change.

The proposed patch relies on the phylib state machine and ignores the
fact that there are drivers that uses phylib but not the phylib state
machine. So let's don't change the behavior for such drivers and fix
it w/o re-adding state PHY_FORCING for the case that phylib state
machine is used.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/a5c26ffd-4ee4-a5e6-4103-873208ce0dc5@huawei.com/T/

Fixes: 2bd229df5e2e ("net: phy: remove state PHY_FORCING")
Reported-by: Zhang Changzhong <redacted>
Tested-by: Zhang Changzhong <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index a3bfb156c..beb2b66da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c

@@ -815,7 +815,12 @@ int phy_ethtool_ksettings_set(struct phy_device *phydev,
 	phydev->mdix_ctrl = cmd->base.eth_tp_mdix_ctrl;
 
 	/* Restart the PHY */
-	_phy_start_aneg(phydev);
+	if (phy_is_started(phydev)) {
+		phydev->state = PHY_UP;
+		phy_trigger_machine(phydev);
+	} else {
+		_phy_start_aneg(phydev);
+	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
 	return 0;

-- 
2.33.1

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref]:

On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 22:08:28 +0100 you wrote:

As reported by Zhang there's a small issue if in forced mode the duplex
mode changes with the link staying up [0]. In this case the MAC isn't
notified about the change.

The proposed patch relies on the phylib state machine and ignores the
fact that there are drivers that uses phylib but not the phylib state
machine. So let's don't change the behavior for such drivers and fix
it w/o re-adding state PHY_FORCING for the case that phylib state
machine is used.

[...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: phy: fix duplex out of sync problem while changing settings
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a4db9055fdb9

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