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19110cfbb34d4af0cdfe14cd243f3b09dc95b013 upstream.
Lennart reported the following race condition:
\ e1000_watchdog_task
    \ e1000e_has_link
        \ hw->mac.ops.check_for_link() === e1000e_check_for_copper_link
            /* link is up */
            mac->get_link_status = false;
                            /* interrupt */
                            \ e1000_msix_other
                                hw->mac.get_link_status = true;
        link_active = !hw->mac.get_link_status
        /* link_active is false, wrongly */
This problem arises because the single flag get_link_status is used to
signal two different states: link status needs checking and link status is
down.
Avoid the problem by using the return value of .check_for_link to signal
the link status to e1000e_has_link().
Reported-by: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@suse.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
  *  Checks to see of the link status of the hardware has changed.  If a
  *  change in link status has been detected, then we read the PHY registers
  *  to get the current speed/duplex if link exists.
+ *
+ *  Returns a negative error code (-E1000_ERR_*) or 0 (link down) or 1 (link
+ *  up).
  **/
 s32 e1000e_check_for_copper_link(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 {
         * Change or Rx Sequence Error interrupt.
         */
        if (!mac->get_link_status)
-               return 0;
+               return 1;
 
        /* First we want to see if the MII Status Register reports
         * link.  If so, then we want to get the current speed/duplex
         * different link partner.
         */
        ret_val = e1000e_config_fc_after_link_up(hw);
-       if (ret_val)
+       if (ret_val) {
                e_dbg("Error configuring flow control\n");
+               return ret_val;
+       }
 
-       return ret_val;
+       return 1;
 }
 
 /**
 
        case e1000_media_type_copper:
                if (hw->mac.get_link_status) {
                        ret_val = hw->mac.ops.check_for_link(hw);
-                       link_active = !hw->mac.get_link_status;
+                       link_active = ret_val > 0;
                } else {
                        link_active = true;
                }