Kevin Mitchell
942d2ad5d2
igb_read_phy_reg() will silently return, leaving phy_data untouched, if
hw->ops.read_reg isn't set. Depending on the uninitialized value of
phy_data, this led to the phy status check either succeeding immediately
or looping continuously for 2 seconds before emitting a noisy err-level
timeout. This message went out to the console even though there was no
actual problem.
Instead, first check if there is read_reg function pointer. If not,
proceed without trying to check the phy status register.
Fixes: b72f3f7200 ("igb: When GbE link up, wait for Remote receiver status condition")
Signed-off-by: Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@arista.com>
Tested-by: Gurucharan <gurucharanx.g@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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