When the link partner goes down, "ethtool --show-mm" still displays "Verification status: SUCCEEDED," reflecting a previous state that is no longer valid.
Reset the verification status to ensure it reflects the current state. Reviewed-by: Furong Xu <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Faizal Rahim <[email protected]> --- net/ethtool/mm.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/ethtool/mm.c b/net/ethtool/mm.c index bfd988464d7d..ad9b40034003 100644 --- a/net/ethtool/mm.c +++ b/net/ethtool/mm.c @@ -415,6 +415,10 @@ void ethtool_mmsv_link_state_handle(struct ethtool_mmsv *mmsv, bool up) /* New link => maybe new partner => new verification process */ ethtool_mmsv_apply(mmsv); } else { + /* Reset the reported verification state while the link is down */ + if (mmsv->verify_enabled) + mmsv->status = ETHTOOL_MM_VERIFY_STATUS_INITIAL; + /* No link or pMAC not enabled */ ethtool_mmsv_configure_pmac(mmsv, false); ethtool_mmsv_configure_tx(mmsv, false); -- 2.34.1
