This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled net: phy: realtek: clear master_slave_state if link is down to the 6.13-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: net-phy-realtek-clear-master_slave_state-if-link-is-.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.13 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit ecf56b0ce854d4a451794c88af267d2d04d83c29 Author: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Jan 15 14:43:43 2025 +0000 net: phy: realtek: clear master_slave_state if link is down [ Upstream commit ea8318cb33e593bbfc59d637eae45a69732c5387 ] rtlgen_decode_physr() which sets master_slave_state isn't called in case the link is down and other than rtlgen_read_status(), rtl822x_c45_read_status() doesn't implicitely clear master_slave_state. Avoid stale master_slave_state by always setting it to MASTER_SLAVE_STATE_UNKNOWN in rtl822x_c45_read_status() in case the link is down. Fixes: 081c9c0265c9 ("net: phy: realtek: read duplex and gbit master from PHYSR register") Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c index 26b324ab0f90f..93704abb67878 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c @@ -1038,8 +1038,10 @@ static int rtl822x_c45_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev) if (ret < 0) return ret; - if (!phydev->link) + if (!phydev->link) { + phydev->master_slave_state = MASTER_SLAVE_STATE_UNKNOWN; return 0; + } /* Read actual speed from vendor register. */ val = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, RTL_VND2_PHYSR);