netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 6/6] net: ethernet: fs

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Message-ID: <Zs7+J5JWpfvSQ8/T@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:38:31 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...il.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
	Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/6] net: ethernet: fs_enet: phylink conversion

On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 11:51:02AM +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> +static int fs_eth_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
> +{
> +	struct fs_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(dev);
> +
> +	if (!netif_running(dev))
> +		return -EINVAL;

Why do you need this check?

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