Commit bfe9b9d2df ("cdc_ether: Improve ZTE MF823/831/910 handling")
introduced a work-around in usbnet_cdc_status() for devices that exported
cdc carrier on twice on connect. Before the commit, this behavior caused
the link state to be incorrect. It was assumed that all CDC Ethernet
devices would either export this behavior, or send one off and then one on
notification (which seems to be the default behavior).
Unfortunately, it turns out multiple devices sends a connection
notification multiple times per second (via an interrupt), even when
connection state does not change. This has been observed with several
different USB LAN dongles (at least), for example 13b1:0041 (Linksys).
After bfe9b9d2df, the link state has been set as down and then up for
each notification. This has caused a flood of Netlink NEWLINK messages and
syslog to be flooded with messages similar to:
cdc_ether 2-1:2.0 eth1: kevent 12 may have been dropped
This commit fixes the behavior by reverting usbnet_cdc_status() to how it
was before bfe9b9d2df. The work-around has been moved to a separate
status-function which is only called when a known, affect device is
detected.
v1->v2:
* Do not open-code netif_carrier_ok() (thanks Henning Schild).
* Call netif_carrier_off() instead of usb_link_change(). This prevents
calling schedule_work() twice without giving the work queue a chance to be
processed (thanks Bjørn Mork).
Fixes: bfe9b9d2df ("cdc_ether: Improve ZTE MF823/831/910 handling")
Reported-by: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Kristian Evensen <kristian.evensen@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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