This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled e1000e: Fix return value test to the 4.9-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: e1000e-fix-return-value-test.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From d3509f8bc7b0560044c15f0e3ecfde1d9af757a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:36:25 -0700 Subject: e1000e: Fix return value test From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx> commit d3509f8bc7b0560044c15f0e3ecfde1d9af757a6 upstream. All the helpers return -E1000_ERR_PHY. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c @@ -5074,7 +5074,7 @@ static bool e1000e_has_link(struct e1000 break; } - if ((ret_val == E1000_ERR_PHY) && (hw->phy.type == e1000_phy_igp_3) && + if ((ret_val == -E1000_ERR_PHY) && (hw->phy.type == e1000_phy_igp_3) && (er32(CTRL) & E1000_PHY_CTRL_GBE_DISABLE)) { /* See e1000_kmrn_lock_loss_workaround_ich8lan() */ e_info("Gigabit has been disabled, downgrading speed\n"); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from bpoirier@xxxxxxxx are queue-4.9/e1000e-fix-error-path-in-link-detection.patch queue-4.9/e1000e-separate-signaling-for-link-check-link-up.patch queue-4.9/e1000e-fix-return-value-test.patch queue-4.9/e1000e-avoid-receiver-overrun-interrupt-bursts.patch