This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled r8169: avoid link-up interrupt issue on RTL8106e if user enables ASPM to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: r8169-avoid-link-up-interrupt-issue-on-rtl8106e-if-u.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit ae41511c43f34cb09afb3784ccba7d87813d4950 Author: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Jun 10 22:56:59 2021 +0200 r8169: avoid link-up interrupt issue on RTL8106e if user enables ASPM [ Upstream commit 1ee8856de82faec9bc8bd0f2308a7f27e30ba207 ] It has been reported that on RTL8106e the link-up interrupt may be significantly delayed if the user enables ASPM L1. Per default ASPM is disabled. The change leaves L1 enabled on the PCIe link (thus still allowing to reach higher package power saving states), but the NIC won't actively trigger it. Reported-by: Koba Ko <koba.ko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Koba Ko <koba.ko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c index 661202e85412..5969f64169e5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c @@ -5190,7 +5190,6 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8106(struct rtl8169_private *tp) RTL_W8(tp, DLLPR, RTL_R8(tp, DLLPR) & ~PFM_EN); rtl_pcie_state_l2l3_disable(tp); - rtl_hw_aspm_clkreq_enable(tp, true); } DECLARE_RTL_COND(rtl_mac_ocp_e00e_cond)