MMerge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

Pull networking fixes from David Miller:

 1) Stretch ACKs can kill performance with Reno and CUBIC congestion
    control, largely due to LRO and GRO.  Fix from Neal Cardwell.

 2) Fix userland breakage because we accidently emit zero length netlink
    messages from the bridging code.  From Roopa Prabhu.

 3) Carry handling in generic csum_tcpudp_nofold is broken, fix from
    Karl Beldan.

 4) Remove bogus dev_set_net() calls from CAIF driver, from Nicolas
    Dichtel.

 5) Make sure PPP deflation never returns a length greater then the
    output buffer, otherwise we overflow and trigger skb_over_panic().
    Fix from Florian Westphal.

 6) COSA driver needs VIRT_TO_BUS Kconfig dependencies, from Arnd
    Bergmann.

 7) Don't increase route cached MTU on datagram too big ICMPs.  From Li
    Wei.

 8) Fix error path leaks in nf_tables, from Pablo Neira Ayuso.

 9) Fix bitmask handling regression in netlink that broke things like
    acpi userland tools.  From Pablo Neira Ayuso.

10) Wrong header pointer passed to param_type2af() in SCTP code, from
    Saran Maruti Ramanara.

11) Stacked vlans not handled correctly by vlan_get_protocol(), from
    Toshiaki Makita.

12) Add missing DMA memory barrier to xgene driver, from Iyappan
    Subramanian.

13) Fix crash in rate estimators, from Eric Dumazet.

14) We've been adding various workarounds, one after another, for the
    change which added the per-net tcp_sock.  It was meant to reduce
    socket contention but added lots of problems.

    Reduce this instead to a proper per-cpu socket and that rids us of
    all the daemons.

    From Eric Dumazet.

15) Fix memory corruption and OOPS in mlx4 driver, from Jack
    Morgenstein.

16) When we disabled UFO in the virtio_net device, it introduces some
    serious performance regressions.  The orignal problem was IPV6
    fragment ID generation, so fix that properly instead.  From Vlad
    Yasevich.

17) sr9700 driver build breaks on xtensa because it defines macros with
    the same name as those used by the arch code.  Use more unique
    names.  From Chen Gang.

18) Fix endianness in new virio 1.0 mode of the vhost net driver, from
    Michael S Tsirkin.

19) Several sysctls were setting the maxlen attribute incorrectly, from
    Sasha Levin.

20) Don't accept an FQ scheduler quantum of zero, that leads to crashes.
    From Kenneth Klette Jonassen.

21) Fix dumping of non-existing actions in the packet scheduler
    classifier.  From Ignacy Gawędzki.

22) Return the write work_done value when doing TX work in the qlcnic
    driver.

23) ip6gre_err accesses the info field with the wrong endianness, from
    Sabrina Dubroca.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (54 commits)
  sit: fix some __be16/u16 mismatches
  ipv6: fix sparse errors in ip6_make_flowlabel()
  net: remove some sparse warnings
  flow_keys: n_proto type should be __be16
  ip6_gre: fix endianness errors in ip6gre_err
  qlcnic: Fix NAPI poll routine for Tx completion
  amd-xgbe: Set RSS enablement based on hardware features
  amd-xgbe: Adjust for zero-based traffic class count
  cls_api.c: Fix dumping of non-existing actions' stats.
  pkt_sched: fq: avoid hang when quantum 0
  net: rds: use correct size for max unacked packets and bytes
  vhost/net: fix up num_buffers endian-ness
  gianfar: correct the bad expression while writing bit-pattern
  net: usb: sr9700: Use 'SR_' prefix for the common register macros
  Revert "drivers/net: Disable UFO through virtio"
  Revert "drivers/net, ipv6: Select IPv6 fragment idents for virtio UFO packets"
  ipv6: Select fragment id during UFO segmentation if not set.
  xen-netback: stop the guest rx thread after a fatal error
  net/mlx4_core: Fix kernel Oops (mem corruption) when working with more than 80 VFs
  isdn: off by one in connect_res()
  ...

66 files changed, 524 insertions, 383 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/netlink_mmap.txt
index c6af4bac5aa8..54f10478e8e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netlink_mmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_mmap.txt
@@ -199,16 +199,9 @@ frame header.
 TX limitations
 --------------
 
-Kernel processing usually involves validation of the message received by
-user-space, then processing its contents. The kernel must assure that
-userspace is not able to modify the message contents after they have been
-validated. In order to do so, the message is copied from the ring frame
-to an allocated buffer if either of these conditions is false:
-
-- only a single mapping of the ring exists
-- the file descriptor is not shared between processes
-
-This means that for threaded programs, the kernel will fall back to copying.
+As of Jan 2015 the message is always copied from the ring frame to an
+allocated buffer due to unresolved security concerns.
+See commit 4682a0358639b29cf ("netlink: Always copy on mmap TX.").
 
 Example
 -------
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/message.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/message.c
index 0b380603a578..d7c286656a25 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/message.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/message.c
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ static byte connect_res(dword Id, word Number, DIVA_CAPI_ADAPTER *a,
 					add_ai(plci, &parms[5]);
 					sig_req(plci, REJECT, 0);
 				}
-				else if (Reject == 1 || Reject > 9)
+				else if (Reject == 1 || Reject >= 9)
 				{
 					add_ai(plci, &parms[5]);
 					sig_req(plci, HANGUP, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_hsi.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_hsi.c
index 5e40a8b68cbe..b3b922adc0e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_hsi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_hsi.c
@@ -1415,7 +1415,6 @@ static int caif_hsi_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	cfhsi = netdev_priv(dev);
 	cfhsi_netlink_parms(data, cfhsi);
-	dev_net_set(cfhsi->ndev, src_net);
 
 	get_ops = symbol_get(cfhsi_get_ops);
 	if (!get_ops) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/Kconfig
index 7a5e4aa5415e..77f1f6048ddd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/Kconfig
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ config AMD8111_ETH
 
 config LANCE
 	tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support"
-	depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API
+	depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API && !ARM
 	---help---
 	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
 	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ config PCMCIA_NMCLAN
 
 config NI65
 	tristate "NI6510 support"
-	depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API
+	depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API && !ARM
 	---help---
 	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
 	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/nmclan_cs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/nmclan_cs.c
index 5b22764ba88d..27245efe9f50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/nmclan_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/nmclan_cs.c
@@ -952,6 +952,8 @@ static irqreturn_t mace_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
   do {
     /* WARNING: MACE_IR is a READ/CLEAR port! */
     status = inb(ioaddr + AM2150_MACE_BASE + MACE_IR);
+    if (!(status & ~MACE_IMR_DEFAULT) && IntrCnt == MACE_MAX_IR_ITERATIONS)
+      return IRQ_NONE;
 
     pr_debug("mace_interrupt: irq 0x%X status 0x%X.\n", irq, status);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c
index 7bb5f07dbeef..e5ffb2ccb67d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ void xgbe_get_all_hw_features(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
 	hw_feat->sph           = XGMAC_GET_BITS(mac_hfr1, MAC_HWF1R, SPHEN);
 	hw_feat->tso           = XGMAC_GET_BITS(mac_hfr1, MAC_HWF1R, TSOEN);
 	hw_feat->dma_debug     = XGMAC_GET_BITS(mac_hfr1, MAC_HWF1R, DBGMEMA);
+	hw_feat->rss           = XGMAC_GET_BITS(mac_hfr1, MAC_HWF1R, RSSEN);
 	hw_feat->tc_cnt	       = XGMAC_GET_BITS(mac_hfr1, MAC_HWF1R, NUMTC);
 	hw_feat->hash_table_size = XGMAC_GET_BITS(mac_hfr1, MAC_HWF1R,
 						  HASHTBLSZ);
@@ -552,13 +553,14 @@ void xgbe_get_all_hw_features(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	/* The Queue and Channel counts are zero based so increment them
+	/* The Queue, Channel and TC counts are zero based so increment them
 	 * to get the actual number
 	 */
 	hw_feat->rx_q_cnt++;
 	hw_feat->tx_q_cnt++;
 	hw_feat->rx_ch_cnt++;
 	hw_feat->tx_ch_cnt++;
+	hw_feat->tc_cnt++;
 
 	DBGPR("<--xgbe_get_all_hw_features\n");
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
index 83a50280bb70..793f3b73eeff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ static int xgene_enet_process_ring(struct xgene_enet_desc_ring *ring,
 		if (unlikely(xgene_enet_is_desc_slot_empty(raw_desc)))
 			break;
 
+		/* read fpqnum field after dataaddr field */
+		dma_rmb();
 		if (is_rx_desc(raw_desc))
 			ret = xgene_enet_rx_frame(ring, raw_desc);
 		else
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/Kconfig
index 7403dff8f14a..905ac5f5d9a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/Kconfig
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ config CS89x0
 	  will be called cs89x0.
 
 config CS89x0_PLATFORM
-	bool "CS89x0 platform driver support"
+	bool "CS89x0 platform driver support" if HAS_IOPORT_MAP
+	default !HAS_IOPORT_MAP
 	depends on CS89x0
 	help
 	  Say Y to compile the cs89x0 driver as a platform driver. This
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
index 3e1a9c1a67a9..fda12fb32ec7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ static int gfar_write_filer_table(struct gfar_private *priv,
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	/* Fill regular entries */
-	for (; i < MAX_FILER_IDX - 1 && (tab->fe[i].ctrl | tab->fe[i].ctrl);
+	for (; i < MAX_FILER_IDX - 1 && (tab->fe[i].ctrl | tab->fe[i].prop);
 	     i++)
 		gfar_write_filer(priv, i, tab->fe[i].ctrl, tab->fe[i].prop);
 	/* Fill the rest with fall-troughs */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
index 63c807c9b21c..edea13b0ee85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
@@ -1907,7 +1907,8 @@ static void igbvf_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
 
 static int igbvf_tso(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
                      struct igbvf_ring *tx_ring,
-                     struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags, u8 *hdr_len)
+		     struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags, u8 *hdr_len,
+		     __be16 protocol)
 {
 	struct e1000_adv_tx_context_desc *context_desc;
 	struct igbvf_buffer *buffer_info;
@@ -1927,7 +1928,7 @@ static int igbvf_tso(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
 	l4len = tcp_hdrlen(skb);
 	*hdr_len += l4len;
 
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 		struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 		iph->tot_len = 0;
 		iph->check = 0;
@@ -1958,7 +1959,7 @@ static int igbvf_tso(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
 	/* ADV DTYP TUCMD MKRLOC/ISCSIHEDLEN */
 	tu_cmd |= (E1000_TXD_CMD_DEXT | E1000_ADVTXD_DTYP_CTXT);
 
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		tu_cmd |= E1000_ADVTXD_TUCMD_IPV4;
 	tu_cmd |= E1000_ADVTXD_TUCMD_L4T_TCP;
 
@@ -1984,7 +1985,8 @@ static int igbvf_tso(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
 
 static inline bool igbvf_tx_csum(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
                                  struct igbvf_ring *tx_ring,
-                                 struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags)
+				 struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
+				 __be16 protocol)
 {
 	struct e1000_adv_tx_context_desc *context_desc;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -2011,7 +2013,7 @@ static inline bool igbvf_tx_csum(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
 		tu_cmd |= (E1000_TXD_CMD_DEXT | E1000_ADVTXD_DTYP_CTXT);
 
 		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
-			switch (skb->protocol) {
+			switch (protocol) {
 			case htons(ETH_P_IP):
 				tu_cmd |= E1000_ADVTXD_TUCMD_IPV4;
 				if (ip_hdr(skb)->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
@@ -2211,6 +2213,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t igbvf_xmit_frame_ring_adv(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	u8 hdr_len = 0;
 	int count = 0;
 	int tso = 0;
+	__be16 protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 	if (test_bit(__IGBVF_DOWN, &adapter->state)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
@@ -2239,13 +2242,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t igbvf_xmit_frame_ring_adv(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		tx_flags |= (vlan_tx_tag_get(skb) << IGBVF_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_SHIFT);
 	}
 
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		tx_flags |= IGBVF_TX_FLAGS_IPV4;
 
 	first = tx_ring->next_to_use;
 
 	tso = skb_is_gso(skb) ?
-		igbvf_tso(adapter, tx_ring, skb, tx_flags, &hdr_len) : 0;
+		igbvf_tso(adapter, tx_ring, skb, tx_flags, &hdr_len, protocol) : 0;
 	if (unlikely(tso < 0)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -2253,7 +2256,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t igbvf_xmit_frame_ring_adv(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (tso)
 		tx_flags |= IGBVF_TX_FLAGS_TSO;
-	else if (igbvf_tx_csum(adapter, tx_ring, skb, tx_flags) &&
+	else if (igbvf_tx_csum(adapter, tx_ring, skb, tx_flags, protocol) &&
 	         (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL))
 		tx_flags |= IGBVF_TX_FLAGS_CSUM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 2ed2c7de2304..67b02bde179e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7227,11 +7227,11 @@ netdev_tx_t ixgbe_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (!vhdr)
 			goto out_drop;
 
-		protocol = vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
 		tx_flags |= ntohs(vhdr->h_vlan_TCI) <<
 				  IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_SHIFT;
 		tx_flags |= IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_SW_VLAN;
 	}
+	protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
 	if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP) &&
 	    adapter->ptp_clock &&
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 62a0d8e0f17d..38c7a0be8197 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -3099,7 +3099,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_tso(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 	/* ADV DTYP TUCMD MKRLOC/ISCSIHEDLEN */
 	type_tucmd = IXGBE_ADVTXD_TUCMD_L4T_TCP;
 
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+	if (first->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 		struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 		iph->tot_len = 0;
 		iph->check = 0;
@@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_tx_csum(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 		u8 l4_hdr = 0;
-		switch (skb->protocol) {
+		switch (first->protocol) {
 		case htons(ETH_P_IP):
 			vlan_macip_lens |= skb_network_header_len(skb);
 			type_tucmd |= IXGBE_ADVTXD_TUCMD_IPV4;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
index bdd4eea2247c..210691c89b6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ do {									\
 extern int mlx4_log_num_mgm_entry_size;
 extern int log_mtts_per_seg;
 
-#define MLX4_MAX_NUM_SLAVES	(MLX4_MAX_NUM_PF + MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF)
+#define MLX4_MAX_NUM_SLAVES	(min(MLX4_MAX_NUM_PF + MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF, \
+				     MLX4_MFUNC_MAX))
 #define ALL_SLAVES 0xff
 
 struct mlx4_bitmap {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_io.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_io.c
index 18e5de72e9b4..4e1f58cf19ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_io.c
@@ -967,7 +967,12 @@ static int qlcnic_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	tx_complete = qlcnic_process_cmd_ring(adapter, tx_ring,
 					      budget);
 	work_done = qlcnic_process_rcv_ring(sds_ring, budget);
-	if ((work_done < budget) && tx_complete) {
+
+	/* Check if we need a repoll */
+	if (!tx_complete)
+		work_done = budget;
+
+	if (work_done < budget) {
 		napi_complete(&sds_ring->napi);
 		if (test_bit(__QLCNIC_DEV_UP, &adapter->state)) {
 			qlcnic_enable_sds_intr(adapter, sds_ring);
@@ -992,6 +997,9 @@ static int qlcnic_tx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 		napi_complete(&tx_ring->napi);
 		if (test_bit(__QLCNIC_DEV_UP, &adapter->state))
 			qlcnic_enable_tx_intr(adapter, tx_ring);
+	} else {
+		/* As qlcnic_process_cmd_ring() returned 0, we need a repoll*/
+		work_done = budget;
 	}
 
 	return work_done;
@@ -1950,7 +1958,12 @@ static int qlcnic_83xx_msix_sriov_vf_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 	tx_complete = qlcnic_process_cmd_ring(adapter, tx_ring, budget);
 	work_done = qlcnic_83xx_process_rcv_ring(sds_ring, budget);
-	if ((work_done < budget) && tx_complete) {
+
+	/* Check if we need a repoll */
+	if (!tx_complete)
+		work_done = budget;
+
+	if (work_done < budget) {
 		napi_complete(&sds_ring->napi);
 		qlcnic_enable_sds_intr(adapter, sds_ring);
 	}
@@ -1973,7 +1986,12 @@ static int qlcnic_83xx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 	tx_complete = qlcnic_process_cmd_ring(adapter, tx_ring, budget);
 	work_done = qlcnic_83xx_process_rcv_ring(sds_ring, budget);
-	if ((work_done < budget) && tx_complete) {
+
+	/* Check if we need a repoll */
+	if (!tx_complete)
+		work_done = budget;
+
+	if (work_done < budget) {
 		napi_complete(&sds_ring->napi);
 		qlcnic_enable_sds_intr(adapter, sds_ring);
 	}
@@ -1995,6 +2013,9 @@ static int qlcnic_83xx_msix_tx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 		napi_complete(&tx_ring->napi);
 		if (test_bit(__QLCNIC_DEV_UP , &adapter->state))
 			qlcnic_enable_tx_intr(adapter, tx_ring);
+	} else {
+		/* need a repoll */
+		work_done = budget;
 	}
 
 	return work_done;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 6c904a6cad2a..ef5aed3b1225 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -2351,23 +2351,29 @@ static int qlge_update_hw_vlan_features(struct net_device *ndev,
 {
 	struct ql_adapter *qdev = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	int status = 0;
+	bool need_restart = netif_running(ndev);
 
-	status = ql_adapter_down(qdev);
-	if (status) {
-		netif_err(qdev, link, qdev->ndev,
-			  "Failed to bring down the adapter\n");
-		return status;
+	if (need_restart) {
+		status = ql_adapter_down(qdev);
+		if (status) {
+			netif_err(qdev, link, qdev->ndev,
+				  "Failed to bring down the adapter\n");
+			return status;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* update the features with resent change */
 	ndev->features = features;
 
-	status = ql_adapter_up(qdev);
-	if (status) {
-		netif_err(qdev, link, qdev->ndev,
-			  "Failed to bring up the adapter\n");
-		return status;
+	if (need_restart) {
+		status = ql_adapter_up(qdev);
+		if (status) {
+			netif_err(qdev, link, qdev->ndev,
+				  "Failed to bring up the adapter\n");
+			return status;
+		}
 	}
+
 	return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
index d2835bf7b4fb..3699b98d5b2c 100644
--- a/