netdev - [PATCH] brcmfmac: set interface carrier to off by default

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Date:   Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:35:55 +0100
From:   Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ress.com>,
        Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@...adcom.com>,
        Winnie Chang <winnie.chang@...ress.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        brcm80211-dev-list@...ress.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Subject: [PATCH] brcmfmac: set interface carrier to off by default

From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>

It's important as brcmfmac creates one main interface for each PHY and
doesn't allow deleting it. Not setting carrier could result in other
subsystems misbehaving (e.g. LEDs "netdev" trigger turning LED on).

Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
---
I noticed this problem when using "netdev" LED trigger with "wlan0" set
as "device_name". While my interface was down (unused) the "netdev"
trigger was checking it with netif_carrier_ok() and assuming it's up.

This solution affects initial state of all brcmfmac interfaces (not
only the first non-removable one) but I think it should be fine. Later
on brcmfmac takes care of updating carrier as needed.
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index 85cf96461dde..d3ddd97fe768 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
@@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	netif_carrier_off(ndev);
+
 	ndev->priv_destructor = brcmf_cfg80211_free_netdev;
 	brcmf_dbg(INFO, "%s: Broadcom Dongle Host Driver\n", ndev->name);
 	return 0;
-- 
2.21.0