netdev - [PATCH v3 net-next 2/8] ionic: check for link after netdev registration

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Message-Id: <20201112182208.46770-3-snelson@pensando.io>
Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:22:02 -0800
From:   Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
Subject: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/8] ionic: check for link after netdev registration

Request a link check as soon as the netdev is registered rather
than waiting for the watchdog to go off in order to get the
interface operational a little more quickly.

Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 5457fb5d69ed..519d544821af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -2959,6 +2959,8 @@ int ionic_lif_register(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 		dev_err(lif->ionic->dev, "Cannot register net device, aborting\n");
 		return err;
 	}
+
+	ionic_link_status_check_request(lif, true);
 	lif->registered = true;
 	ionic_lif_set_netdev_info(lif);
 
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2.17.1