[PATCH net-next v15 04/22] ovpn: keep carrier always on for MP interfaces
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From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
Date: 2024-12-11 21:32:51
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networking drivers, openvpn data channel offload, the rest · Maintainers:
Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Antonio Quartulli, Linus Torvalds
Revision v15 of 25 in this series.
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An ovpn interface configured in MP mode will keep carrier always on and let the user decide when to bring it administratively up and down. This way a MP node (i.e. a server) will keep its interface always up and running, even when no peer is connected. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net> --- drivers/net/ovpn/main.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
index 60954c5b2b9254db1d24d01ac383935765c7ce5b..274d6166741ef2d6275a252d0c042bc66f8f41f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ static int ovpn_net_open(struct net_device *dev) { + struct ovpn_priv *ovpn = netdev_priv(dev); + + /* carrier for P2P interfaces is switched on and off when + * the peer is added or deleted. + * + * in case of P2MP interfaces we just keep the carrier always on + */ + if (ovpn->mode == OVPN_MODE_MP) + netif_carrier_on(dev); netif_tx_start_all_queues(dev); return 0; }
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