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be2net: restore properly promisc mode after queues reconfiguration
authorIvan Vecera <cera@cera.cz>
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:23:50 +0000 (20:23 +0100)
committerJack Vogel <jack.vogel@oracle.com>
Fri, 9 Mar 2018 00:26:43 +0000 (16:26 -0800)
commit6a91e97c28ebbd483319530919241ed1edd0b64f
treef591f9fddf0c65121d5ab55d9de3b1220e0bd605
parentd9c36f9b1a0908053d98c6e6c838bd3850b913ef
be2net: restore properly promisc mode after queues reconfiguration

Orabug: 27615319

The commit 622190669403 ("be2net: Request RSS capability of Rx interface
depending on number of Rx rings") modified be_update_queues() so the
IFACE (HW representation of the netdevice) is destroyed and then
re-created. This causes a regression because potential promiscuous mode
is not restored properly during be_open() because the driver thinks
that the HW has promiscuous mode already enabled.

Note that Lancer is not affected by this bug because RX-filter flags are
disabled during be_close() for this chipset.

Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@broadcom.com>
Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
Cc: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@broadcom.com>
Cc: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>
Fixes: 622190669403 ("be2net: Request RSS capability of Rx interface depending on number of Rx rings")
Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
(cherry picked from commit 52acf06451930eb4cefabd5ecea56e2d46c32f76)
Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jack Vogel <jack.vogel@oracle.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c