netdev - [PATCH net-next 06/11] net/mlx4_en: Block insertion of ethtool steering rules while the interface is down

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:34:22 +0200
From:	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Hadar Hen Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 06/11] net/mlx4_en: Block insertion of ethtool steering rules while the interface is down

From: Hadar Hen Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>

Attaching steering rules while the interface is down is an invalid operation, block it.

Signed-off-by: Hadar Hen Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
index f36c219..6f8044d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,8 @@ static int mlx4_en_get_rxnfc(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_rxnfc *cmd,
 	if ((cmd->cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLCNT ||
 	     cmd->cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRULE ||
 	     cmd->cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL) &&
-	    mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode != MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED)
+	    (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode !=
+	     MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED || !priv->port_up))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	switch (cmd->cmd) {
@@ -1042,7 +1043,8 @@ static int mlx4_en_set_rxnfc(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_rxnfc *cmd)
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 
-	if (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode != MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED)
+	if (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode !=
+	    MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED || !priv->port_up)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	switch (cmd->cmd) {
-- 
1.7.8.2

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