netdev - [PATCH net 1/3] ibmvnic: Do not close unopened driver during reset

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Date:   Fri,  7 Jun 2019 16:03:53 -0500
From:   Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/3] ibmvnic: Do not close unopened driver during reset

Check driver state before halting it during a reset. If the driver is
not running, do nothing. Otherwise, a request to deactivate a down link
can cause an error and the reset will fail.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 3da392b..bc2a912 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,8 @@ static int do_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 
 	ibmvnic_cleanup(netdev);
 
-	if (adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_MOBILITY &&
+	if (reset_state == VNIC_OPEN &&
+	    adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_MOBILITY &&
 	    adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER) {
 		rc = __ibmvnic_close(netdev);
 		if (rc)
-- 
1.8.3.1