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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Revert "net: linkwatch: add check for netdevice being present to linkwatch_do_dev"
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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 17:02:37 +0200

> This reverts commit 124eee3f6955f7aa19b9e6ff5c9b6d37cb3d1e2c.

Heiner, please review this.

Thank you.

> Inami-san reported that this commit breaks bridge support in a Xen
> environment, and that reverting it fixes this.
>
> During system resume, bridge ports are no longer enabled, as that relies
> on the receipt of the NETDEV_CHANGE notification. This notification is
> not sent, as netdev_state_change() is no longer called.
>
> Note that the condition this commit intended to fix never existed
> upstream, as the patch triggering it and referenced in the commit was
> never applied upstream. Hence I can confirm s2ram on r8a73a4/ape6evm
> and sh73a0/kzm9g works fine before/after this revert.
>
> Reported-by Gaku Inami <gaku.inami.xh@renesas.com>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
> ---
> net/core/link_watch.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/link_watch.c b/net/core/link_watch.c
> index 75431ca9300fb9c4..c24574493ecf95e6 100644
> --- a/net/core/link_watch.c
> +++ b/net/core/link_watch.c
> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static void linkwatch_do_dev(struct net_device *dev)
> clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING, &dev->state);
>
> rfc2863_policy(dev);
> - if (dev->flags & IFF_UP && netif_device_present(dev)) {
> + if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
> if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
> dev_activate(dev);
> else
> --
> 2.17.1
>

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