netdev - [PATCH net-next-2.6 2/2] qlcnic: Disable admin tools interface for VF driver mode

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Date:	Fri, 9 Jul 2010 16:15:05 -0700
From:	Anirban Chakraborty <anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Dept_NX_Linux_NIC_Driver <Dept_NX_Linux_NIC_Driver@...gic.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next-2.6 2/2] qlcnic: Disable admin tools interface for
 VF driver mode


Non privileged (VF) driver will not be able to carry out any of the FW update,
etc. operations. Disable the tools interface by not creating the sysfs nodes.

Signed-off-by: Anirban Chakraborty <anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com>
---
 drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index c334f1a..4d18313 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -3272,6 +3272,8 @@ qlcnic_create_diag_entries(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &adapter->pdev->dev;
 
+	if (adapter->op_mode == QLCNIC_NON_PRIV_FUNC)
+		return;
 	if (device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_diag_mode))
 		dev_info(dev, "failed to create diag_mode sysfs entry\n");
 	if (device_create_bin_file(dev, &bin_attr_crb))
@@ -3292,12 +3294,13 @@ qlcnic_create_diag_entries(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 
 }
 
-
 static void
 qlcnic_remove_diag_entries(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &adapter->pdev->dev;
 
+	if (adapter->op_mode == QLCNIC_NON_PRIV_FUNC)
+		return;
 	device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_diag_mode);
 	device_remove_bin_file(dev, &bin_attr_crb);
 	device_remove_bin_file(dev, &bin_attr_mem);
-- 
1.7.1

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