Re: [PATCH net] r8152: prevent the driver from transmitting packets with carrier off

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH net] r8152: prevent the driver from transmitting packets with carrier off
Date	2017-03-24 20:40 +0100
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From: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:14:19 +0800

> The linking status may be changed when autosuspend. And, after
> autoresume, the driver may try to transmit packets when the device
> is carrier off, because the interrupt transfer doesn't update the
> linking status, yet. And, if the device is in ALDPS mode, the device
> would stop working.
> 
> The another similar case is
>  1. unplug the cable.
>  2. interrupt transfer queue a work_queue for linking change.
>  3. device enters the ALDPS mode.
>  4. a tx occurs before the work_queue is called.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com>

Applied.

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[PATCH net] r8152: prevent the driver from transmitting packets with carrier off Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com> - 2017-03-23 12:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH net] r8152: prevent the driver from transmitting  packets with carrier off David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-03-24 20:40 +0100

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