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[PATCH 1/1] net: usb: qmi_wwan: allow qmimux add/del with master up

From: Daniele Palmas <hidden>
Date: 2021-03-04 13:17:07
Also in: linux-usb
Subsystem: networking drivers, the rest, usb networking drivers, usb qmi wwan network driver · Maintainers: Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds, Bjørn Mork

There's no reason for preventing the creation and removal
of qmimux network interfaces when the underlying interface
is up.

This makes qmi_wwan mux implementation more similar to the
rmnet one, simplifying userspace management of the same
logical interfaces.

Fixes: c6adf77953bc ("net: usb: qmi_wwan: add qmap mux protocol support")
Reported-by: Aleksander Morgado <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Daniele Palmas <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 14 --------------
 1 file changed, 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
index 17a050521b86..6700f1970b24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
@@ -429,13 +429,6 @@ static ssize_t add_mux_store(struct device *d,  struct device_attribute *attr, c
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	/* we don't want to modify a running netdev */
-	if (netif_running(dev->net)) {
-		netdev_err(dev->net, "Cannot change a running device\n");
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
 	ret = qmimux_register_device(dev->net, mux_id);
 	if (!ret) {
 		info->flags |= QMI_WWAN_FLAG_MUX;
@@ -465,13 +458,6 @@ static ssize_t del_mux_store(struct device *d,  struct device_attribute *attr, c
 	if (!rtnl_trylock())
 		return restart_syscall();
 
-	/* we don't want to modify a running netdev */
-	if (netif_running(dev->net)) {
-		netdev_err(dev->net, "Cannot change a running device\n");
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
 	del_dev = qmimux_find_dev(dev, mux_id);
 	if (!del_dev) {
 		netdev_err(dev->net, "mux_id not present\n");
-- 
2.17.1
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