Attaching steering rules while the interface is down is an invalid operation, block it.
Signed-off-by: Hadar Hen Zion <hadarh@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
        if ((cmd->cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLCNT ||
             cmd->cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRULE ||
             cmd->cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL) &&
-           mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode != MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED)
+           (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode !=
+            MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED || !priv->port_up))
                return -EINVAL;
 
        switch (cmd->cmd) {
        struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
        struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 
-       if (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode != MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED)
+       if (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode !=
+           MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED || !priv->port_up)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        switch (cmd->cmd) {