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

[Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>]

On 28/08/2025 11:02, Konrad Leszczynski wrote:
> From: Karol Jurczenia <karol.jurczenia@intel.com>
> 
> If the interface is down before setting a TC block, the queues are already
> disabled and setup cannot proceed.
> 
> Fixes: 4dbbe8dde8485b89 ("net: stmmac: Add support for U32 TC filter using Flexible RX Parser")
> Reviewed-by: Sebastian Basierski <sebastian.basierski@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Karol Jurczenia <karol.jurczenia@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Leszczynski <konrad.leszczynski@intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> index 70c3dd88a749..202a157a1c90 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> @@ -6247,6 +6247,9 @@ static int stmmac_setup_tc_block_cb(enum tc_setup_type type, void *type_data,
>   	struct stmmac_priv *priv = cb_priv;
>   	int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>   
> +	if (!netif_running(priv->dev))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +

The check looks valid, but I'm not quite sure of the error code.
Anyways,
Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>