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-rw-r--r--net/core/net-sysfs.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index fccaa5bac0ed..d9b33e923b18 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -194,8 +194,14 @@ static ssize_t carrier_show(struct device *dev,
{
struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
- if (netif_running(netdev))
+ if (netif_running(netdev)) {
+ /* Synchronize carrier state with link watch,
+ * see also rtnl_getlink().
+ */
+ linkwatch_sync_dev(netdev);
+
return sysfs_emit(buf, fmt_dec, !!netif_carrier_ok(netdev));
+ }
return -EINVAL;
}