netdev - Re: [PATCH net 3/3] net: stmmac: check if interface is running before TC block setup

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Message-ID: <20250901130311.4b764fea@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 13:03:11 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Konrad Leszczynski <konrad.leszczynski@...el.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 cezary.rojewski@...el.com, sebastian.basierski@...el.com, Karol Jurczenia
 <karol.jurczenia@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 3/3] net: stmmac: check if interface is running
 before TC block setup

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:02:37 +0200 Konrad Leszczynski wrote:
> If the interface is down before setting a TC block, the queues are already
> disabled and setup cannot proceed.

More context would be useful. What's the user-visible behavior before
and after? Can the device handle installing the filters while down? 
Is it just an issue of us restarting the queues when we shouldn't?
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