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    [NET]: fix carrier-on bug? · bfaae0f0
    Jeff Garzik authored
    
    
    While looking at a net driver with the following construct,
    
    	if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev))
    		netif_carrier_on(dev);
    
    it stuck me that the netif_carrier_ok() check was redundant, since
    netif_carrier_on() checks bit __LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER anyway.  This is
    the same reason why netif_queue_stopped() need not be called prior to
    netif_wake_queue().
    
    This is true, but there is however an unwanted side effect from assuming
    that netif_carrier_on() can be called multiple times:  it touches the
    watchdog, regardless of pre-existing carrier state.
    
    The fix:  move watchdog-up inside the bit-cleared code path.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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