| Message ID | 1389984445-29360-1-git-send-email-mschmidt@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
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diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c index d64ed05..5786a78 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c @@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ int ipoib_open(struct net_device *dev) ipoib_dbg(priv, "bringing up interface\n"); + netif_carrier_off(dev); + set_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_ADMIN_UP, &priv->flags); if (ipoib_pkey_dev_delay_open(dev)) @@ -1366,8 +1368,6 @@ void ipoib_setup(struct net_device *dev) memcpy(dev->broadcast, ipv4_bcast_addr, INFINIBAND_ALEN); - netif_carrier_off(dev); - priv->dev = dev; spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
After booting without a working link, "ip link" shows: 5: mlx4_ib1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 256 ... 7: mlx4_ib1.8003@mlx4_ib1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 256 ... Then after connecting and disconnecting the link, which should result in exactly the same state as before, it shows: 5: mlx4_ib1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 256 ... 7: mlx4_ib1.8003@mlx4_ib1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast state LOWERLAYERDOWN qlen 256 ... Notice the (now correct) LOWERLAYERDOWN operstate shown for the mlx4_ib1.8003 interface. Ideally the identical state would be shown right after boot. The problem is related to the calling of netif_carrier_off() in network drivers. For a long time it was known that doing netif_carrier_off() before registering the netdevice would result in the interface's operstate being shown as UNKNOWN if the device was brought up without a working link. This problem was fixed in commit 8f4cccbbd92 ('net: Set device operstate at registration time'), but still there remains the minor inconsistency demonstrated above. This patch fixes it by moving ipoib's call to netif_carrier_off() into the .ndo_open method, which is where network drivers ordinarily do it. With the patch when doing the same test as above, the operstate of mlx4_ib1.8003 is shown as LOWERLAYERDOWN right after boot. Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com> --- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)