[PATCH 0/2] net/netvsc: fix stale link status and speed

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:07:42 -0700
Shrey Khandelwal <s.khandelwal at f5.com> wrote:

> With LSC enabled, the link status and speed seen by the application
> are not updated after the host reports a link change.
> 
> Patch 1 makes sure the cached link always has the current speed.
> Patch 2 updates the cached link from the host indication.
> 
> Tested on Azure with testpmd, by injecting media disconnect, media
> connect and link speed change indications. Without the patches, the
> link read in the LSC callback stays up at the old speed. With them,
> it goes down, up, then shows the new speed.
> 
> Shrey Khandelwal (2):
>   net/netvsc: fix link speed not updated
>   net/netvsc: fix link status not updated on host indication
> 
>  .mailmap                       |  1 +
>  drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c |  8 ++-
>  drivers/net/netvsc/hn_rndis.c  | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  drivers/net/netvsc/hn_rndis.h  |  3 +-
>  drivers/net/netvsc/hn_rxtx.c   |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/netvsc/hn_var.h    |  4 ++
>  6 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 

Looks correct and review was clean. applied to next-net