macsec: let the administrator set UP state even if lowerdev is down
authorSabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Sun, 28 Oct 2018 08:33:10 +0000 (09:33 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 02:26:42 +0000 (19:26 -0700)
commit07bddef9839378bd6f95b393cf24c420529b4ef1
tree284e63f2de4b3186add0090063942e2c4333e626
parente6ac075882b2afcdf2d5ab328ce4ab42a1eb9593
macsec: let the administrator set UP state even if lowerdev is down

Currently, the kernel doesn't let the administrator set a macsec device
up unless its lower device is currently up. This is inconsistent, as a
macsec device that is up won't automatically go down when its lower
device goes down.

Now that linkstate propagation works, there's really no reason for this
limitation, so let's remove it.

Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver")
Reported-by: Radu Rendec <radu.rendec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/macsec.c