From 2d5c9dd2cde33150f9dbb8ee091eff05eb6c7df3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zhangxiangqian <zhangxiangqian@kylinos.cn>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 17:39:45 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] net: usb: cdc_ether: don't spew notifications

The usbnet_link_change function is not called, if the link has not changed.

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[16913.807393][ 3] cdc_ether 1-2:2.0 enx00e0995fd1ac: kevent 12 may have been dropped
[16913.822266][ 2] cdc_ether 1-2:2.0 enx00e0995fd1ac: kevent 12 may have been dropped
[16913.826296][ 2] cdc_ether 1-2:2.0 enx00e0995fd1ac: kevent 11 may have been dropped
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kevent 11 is scheduled too frequently and may affect other event schedules.

Signed-off-by: zhangxiangqian <zhangxiangqian@kylinos.cn>
Acked-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/1723109985-11996-1-git-send-email-zhangxiangqian@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
index 6d61052353f07..a6469235d904e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
@@ -418,7 +418,8 @@ void usbnet_cdc_status(struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb)
 	case USB_CDC_NOTIFY_NETWORK_CONNECTION:
 		netif_dbg(dev, timer, dev->net, "CDC: carrier %s\n",
 			  event->wValue ? "on" : "off");
-		usbnet_link_change(dev, !!event->wValue, 0);
+		if (netif_carrier_ok(dev->net) != !!event->wValue)
+			usbnet_link_change(dev, !!event->wValue, 0);
 		break;
 	case USB_CDC_NOTIFY_SPEED_CHANGE:	/* tx/rx rates */
 		netif_dbg(dev, timer, dev->net, "CDC: speed change (len %d)\n",