ethtool: Report link-down while interface is down
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>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 6628a50..1908929 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -691,7 +691,9 @@
#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 */