There's no reason for preventing the creation and removal
of qmimux network interfaces when the underlying interface
is up.
This makes qmi_wwan mux implementation more similar to the
rmnet one, simplifying userspace management of the same
logical interfaces.
Fixes: c6adf77953bc ("net: usb: qmi_wwan: add qmap mux protocol support")
Reported-by: Aleksander Morgado <aleksander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniele Palmas <dnlplm@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 14 --------------
1 file changed, 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
index 17a050521b86..6700f1970b24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
@@ -429,13 +429,6 @@ static ssize_t add_mux_store(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr, c
goto err;
}
- /* we don't want to modify a running netdev */
- if (netif_running(dev->net)) {
- netdev_err(dev->net, "Cannot change a running device\n");
- ret = -EBUSY;
- goto err;
- }
-
ret = qmimux_register_device(dev->net, mux_id);
if (!ret) {
info->flags |= QMI_WWAN_FLAG_MUX;
@@ -465,13 +458,6 @@ static ssize_t del_mux_store(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr, c
if (!rtnl_trylock())
return restart_syscall();
- /* we don't want to modify a running netdev */
- if (netif_running(dev->net)) {
- netdev_err(dev->net, "Cannot change a running device\n");
- ret = -EBUSY;
- goto err;
- }
-
del_dev = qmimux_find_dev(dev, mux_id);
if (!del_dev) {
netdev_err(dev->net, "mux_id not present\n");
--
2.17.1
