From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:38482 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755633AbdLTRVM (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:21:12 -0500 Subject: Patch "ibmvnic: Set state UP" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree To: mjtarsel@linux.vnet.ibm.com, alexander.levin@verizon.com, davem@davemloft.net, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: , From: Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:20:19 +0100 Message-ID: <1513790419124179@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ibmvnic: Set state UP to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ibmvnic-set-state-up.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From foo@baz Wed Dec 20 18:17:52 CET 2017 From: Mick Tarsel Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:53:18 -0700 Subject: ibmvnic: Set state UP From: Mick Tarsel [ Upstream commit e876a8a7e9dd89dc88c12ca2e81beb478dbe9897 ] State is initially reported as UNKNOWN. Before register call netif_carrier_off(). Once the device is opened, call netif_carrier_on() in order to set the state to UP. Signed-off-by: Mick Tarsel Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_open(struct net_devic } rc = __ibmvnic_open(netdev); + netif_carrier_on(netdev); mutex_unlock(&adapter->reset_lock); return rc; @@ -3899,6 +3900,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev if (rc) goto ibmvnic_init_fail; + netif_carrier_off(netdev); rc = register_netdev(netdev); if (rc) { dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to register netdev rc=%d\n", rc); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mjtarsel@linux.vnet.ibm.com are queue-4.14/ibmvnic-set-state-up.patch