netdev - [PATCH] vlan: allow creating vlan when real device is not up

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:23:21 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] vlan: allow creating vlan when real device is not up

There is no reason for the arbitrary restriction that device must be
up to create a vlan. This patch was added to Vyatta kernel to resolve startup
ordering issues where vlan's are created but real device was disabled.

Note: the vlan already correctly inherits the operstate from real device; so
if vlan is created and real device is marked down, the vlan is marked
down.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>


--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c	2009-07-30 11:15:34.983190412 -0700
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c	2009-07-30 11:16:03.590055942 -0700
@@ -225,12 +225,6 @@ int vlan_check_real_dev(struct net_devic
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	/* The real device must be up and operating in order to
-	 * assosciate a VLAN device with it.
-	 */
-	if (!(real_dev->flags & IFF_UP))
-		return -ENETDOWN;
-
 	if (__find_vlan_dev(real_dev, vlan_id) != NULL)
 		return -EEXIST;
 
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