backport commit ("e96bd2d3b1f8 phy: avoid unnecessary link-up delay in polling mode") to linux-5.4-stable

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 05:10:20PM +0800, Macpaul Lin wrote:
> Hi reviewers,
> 
> I suggest to backport 
> commit "e96bd2d3b1f8 phy: avoid unnecessary link-up delay in polling mode"
> to linux-5.4 stable tree.
> 
> This patch reports a solution to an incorrect phy link detection issue.
> "With this solution we don't miss a link-down event in polling mode and
> link-up is faster."
> 
> commit: e96bd2d3b1f83170d1d5c1a99e439b39a22a5b58
> subject: phy: avoid unnecessary link-up delay in polling mode
> kernel version to apply to: Linux-5.4

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h