4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx> commit c4c40e51f9c32c6dd8adf606624c930a1c4d9bbb upstream. In case of error from e1e_rphy(), the loop will exit early and "success" will be set to true erroneously. 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/phy.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/phy.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/phy.c @@ -1744,6 +1744,7 @@ s32 e1000e_phy_has_link_generic(struct e s32 ret_val = 0; u16 i, phy_status; + *success = false; for (i = 0; i < iterations; i++) { /* Some PHYs require the MII_BMSR register to be read * twice due to the link bit being sticky. No harm doing @@ -1763,16 +1764,16 @@ s32 e1000e_phy_has_link_generic(struct e ret_val = e1e_rphy(hw, MII_BMSR, &phy_status); if (ret_val) break; - if (phy_status & BMSR_LSTATUS) + if (phy_status & BMSR_LSTATUS) { + *success = true; break; + } if (usec_interval >= 1000) msleep(usec_interval / 1000); else udelay(usec_interval); } - *success = (i < iterations); - return ret_val; }