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[net-next,4/5] net: stmmac: remove unnecessary netif_carrier_off()

Message ID E1sBvK1-00EHyi-4l@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series net: stmmac: cleanups | expand

Commit Message

Russell King (Oracle) May 28, 2024, 11:48 a.m. UTC
It is incorrect to call netif_carrier_off(), or in fact any driver
teardown, before unregister_netdev() has been called.

unregister_netdev() unpublishes the network device from userspace, and
takes the interface down if it was up prior to returning. Therefore,
once the call has returned, we are guaranteed that .ndo_stop() will
have been called for an interface that was up. Phylink will take the
carrier down via phylink_stop(), making any manipulation of the carrier
in the remove path unnecessary.

In the stmmac_release() path, the netif_carrier_off() call follows the
call to phylink_stop(), so this call is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Andrew Halaney May 28, 2024, 8:41 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 12:48:53PM GMT, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> It is incorrect to call netif_carrier_off(), or in fact any driver
> teardown, before unregister_netdev() has been called.
> 
> unregister_netdev() unpublishes the network device from userspace, and
> takes the interface down if it was up prior to returning. Therefore,
> once the call has returned, we are guaranteed that .ndo_stop() will
> have been called for an interface that was up. Phylink will take the
> carrier down via phylink_stop(), making any manipulation of the carrier
> in the remove path unnecessary.
> 
> In the stmmac_release() path, the netif_carrier_off() call follows the
> call to phylink_stop(), so this call is redundant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index e01340034d50..6e427ed7af05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -4097,8 +4097,6 @@  static int stmmac_release(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (priv->plat->serdes_powerdown)
 		priv->plat->serdes_powerdown(dev, priv->plat->bsp_priv);
 
-	netif_carrier_off(dev);
-
 	stmmac_release_ptp(priv);
 
 	pm_runtime_put(priv->device);
@@ -7821,7 +7819,6 @@  void stmmac_dvr_remove(struct device *dev)
 
 	stmmac_stop_all_dma(priv);
 	stmmac_mac_set(priv, priv->ioaddr, false);
-	netif_carrier_off(ndev);
 	unregister_netdev(ndev);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS