@@ -691,7 +691,9 @@ struct ethtool_ops {
#define ETHTOOL_GMSGLVL 0x00000007 /* Get driver message level */
#define ETHTOOL_SMSGLVL 0x00000008 /* Set driver msg level. */
#define ETHTOOL_NWAY_RST 0x00000009 /* Restart autonegotiation. */
-#define ETHTOOL_GLINK 0x0000000a /* Get link status (ethtool_value) */
+/* Get link status for host, i.e. whether the interface *and* the
+ * physical port (if there is one) are up (ethtool_value). */
+#define ETHTOOL_GLINK 0x0000000a
#define ETHTOOL_GEEPROM 0x0000000b /* Get EEPROM data */
#define ETHTOOL_SEEPROM 0x0000000c /* Set EEPROM data. */
#define ETHTOOL_GCOALESCE 0x0000000e /* Get coalesce config */
@@ -891,6 +891,20 @@ static int ethtool_nway_reset(struct net_device *dev)
return dev->ethtool_ops->nway_reset(dev);
}
+static int ethtool_get_link(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
+{
+ struct ethtool_value edata = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GLINK };
+
+ if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_link)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ edata.data = netif_running(dev) && dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(dev);
+
+ if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &edata, sizeof(edata)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int ethtool_get_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
{
struct ethtool_eeprom eeprom;
@@ -1530,8 +1544,7 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
rc = ethtool_nway_reset(dev);
break;
case ETHTOOL_GLINK:
- rc = ethtool_get_value(dev, useraddr, ethcmd,
- dev->ethtool_ops->get_link);
+ rc = ethtool_get_link(dev, useraddr);
break;
case ETHTOOL_GEEPROM:
rc = ethtool_get_eeprom(dev, useraddr);
While an interface is down, many implementations of ethtool_ops::get_link, including the default, ethtool_op_get_link(), will report the last link state seen while the interface was up. In general the current physical link state is not available if the interface is down. Define ETHTOOL_GLINK to reflect whether the interface *and* any physical port have a working link, and consistently return 0 when the interface is down. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> --- David, I know you weren't keen on this, but if you don't accept it then please say what you think the proper semantics are. Ben. include/linux/ethtool.h | 4 +++- net/core/ethtool.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)