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IB/ipoib: Set device connection mode only when needed

When changing the connection mode, the ipoib_set_mode function
did not check if the previous connection mode equals to the
new one. This commit adds the required check and return 0 if the new
mode equals to the previous one.

Fixes: 839fcaba355a ("IPoIB: Connected mode experimental support")
Signed-off-by: Feras Daoud <ferasda@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Vesker <valex@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Feras Daoud 8 years ago
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      drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c

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drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c

@@ -474,6 +474,13 @@ int ipoib_set_mode(struct net_device *dev, const char *buf)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	if ((test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_ADMIN_CM, &priv->flags) &&
+	     !strcmp(buf, "connected\n")) ||
+	     (!test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_ADMIN_CM, &priv->flags) &&
+	     !strcmp(buf, "datagram\n"))) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* flush paths if we switch modes so that connections are restarted */
 	if (IPOIB_CM_SUPPORTED(dev->dev_addr) && !strcmp(buf, "connected\n")) {
 		set_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_ADMIN_CM, &priv->flags);