[PATCH 4.18 006/197] qlge: Fix netdev features configuration.

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Sep 13 2018 - 09:52:28 EST


4.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 6750c87074c5b534d82fdaabb1deb45b8f1f57de ]

qlge_fix_features() is not supposed to modify hardware or
driver state, rather it is supposed to only fix requested
fetures bits. Currently qlge_fix_features() also goes for
interface down and up unnecessarily if there is not even
any change in features set.

This patch changes/fixes following -

1) Move reload of interface or device re-config from
qlge_fix_features() to qlge_set_features().
2) Reload of interface in qlge_set_features() only if
relevant feature bit (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX) is changed.
3) Get rid of qlge_fix_features() since driver is not really
required to fix any features bit.

Signed-off-by: Manish <manish.chopra@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c | 23 ++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -2384,26 +2384,20 @@ static int qlge_update_hw_vlan_features(
return status;
}

-static netdev_features_t qlge_fix_features(struct net_device *ndev,
- netdev_features_t features)
-{
- int err;
-
- /* Update the behavior of vlan accel in the adapter */
- err = qlge_update_hw_vlan_features(ndev, features);
- if (err)
- return err;
-
- return features;
-}
-
static int qlge_set_features(struct net_device *ndev,
netdev_features_t features)
{
netdev_features_t changed = ndev->features ^ features;
+ int err;
+
+ if (changed & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX) {
+ /* Update the behavior of vlan accel in the adapter */
+ err = qlge_update_hw_vlan_features(ndev, features);
+ if (err)
+ return err;

- if (changed & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX)
qlge_vlan_mode(ndev, features);
+ }

return 0;
}
@@ -4719,7 +4713,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops qlge_
.ndo_set_mac_address = qlge_set_mac_address,
.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
.ndo_tx_timeout = qlge_tx_timeout,
- .ndo_fix_features = qlge_fix_features,
.ndo_set_features = qlge_set_features,
.ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid = qlge_vlan_rx_add_vid,
.ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid = qlge_vlan_rx_kill_vid,