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authorEdwin Peer2021-04-25 13:45:22 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller2021-04-25 18:37:38 -0700
commit6b7027689890c590373fc58f362fae43d0517e21 (patch)
tree291bb7248ae932d03725df4f5829c40b5432464c
parentdd85fc0ab5b4daa496bd3e2832b51963022182d0 (diff)
bnxt_en: allow VF config ops when PF is closed
It is perfectly legal for the stack to query and configure VFs via PF NDOs while the NIC is administratively down. Remove the unnecessary check for the PF to be in open state. Signed-off-by: Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c4
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c
index 4da52f812585..67856dbf9ce9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_fwd_async_event_cmpl(struct bnxt *bp,
static int bnxt_vf_ndo_prep(struct bnxt *bp, int vf_id)
{
- if (!test_bit(BNXT_STATE_OPEN, &bp->state)) {
- netdev_err(bp->dev, "vf ndo called though PF is down\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
if (!bp->pf.active_vfs) {
netdev_err(bp->dev, "vf ndo called though sriov is disabled\n");
return -EINVAL;