[PATCH net v2] net: phy: skip EEE advertisement write when autoneg is disabled

Nerijus Bendžiūnas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.regressions,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
genphy_c45_an_config_eee_aneg() writes the EEE advertisement to the
auto-negotiation device's MMD register space (MDIO_MMD_AN, register
MDIO_AN_EEE_ADV).  These registers are read by the link partner only
during auto-negotiation, so writing them while autoneg is disabled
cannot influence the link.  On some PHYs (e.g. Broadcom BCM54213PE)
the write nevertheless reaches the chip and disturbs the receive
datapath.

Concretely, running

    ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off
    ethtool --set-eee eth0 eee off

leaves eth0 with TX working and RX completely silent on a
Raspberry Pi 4 / CM4 board (bcmgenet + BCM54213PE in rgmii-rxid).
Switching back to autoneg recovers the link.

Prior to commit f26a29a038ee ("net: phy: ensure that genphy_c45_an_config_eee_aneg() sees new value of phydev->eee_cfg.eee_enabled"),
the disable path was effectively a no-op because the helper read
the stale eee_cfg.eee_enabled, so the underlying PHY behavior never
surfaced.

Bisected on rpi-6.12.y between commits 83943264 (good) and
effcbc88 (bad) to f26a29a038ee.

Fixes: f26a29a038ee ("net: phy: ensure that genphy_c45_an_config_eee_aneg() sees new value of phydev->eee_cfg.eee_enabled")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Nerijus Bendžiūnas <[email protected]>
---
Changes since v1:
 - Reworded the inline comment and commit message: the MMD AN
   write is read by the chip with side-effects, not silently
   ignored. Suggested by Andrew Lunn.
 - Tightened the reproducer paragraph (was repeating paragraph 1).

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
 drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c
index d48aa7231b37..126951741428 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c
@@ -940,6 +940,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(genphy_c45_read_eee_abilities);
  */
 int genphy_c45_an_config_eee_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
+	/* Writing MMD AN advertisements while autoneg is disabled has no
+	 * effect on link-partner negotiation, but on some PHYs (e.g. the
+	 * Broadcom BCM54213PE) the write itself disturbs the receive
+	 * datapath. Skip it.
+	 */
+	if (phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_DISABLE)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!phydev->eee_cfg.eee_enabled) {
 		__ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK(adv) = {};
 
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