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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/benet/be_main.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c index c36cd2ffbadc..93354eee2cfd 100644 --- a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c @@ -2458,6 +2458,12 @@ int be_load_fw(struct be_adapter *adapter, u8 *func) int status, i = 0, num_imgs = 0; const u8 *p; + if (!netif_running(adapter->netdev)) { + dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, + "Firmware load not allowed (interface is down)\n"); + return -EPERM; + } + strcpy(fw_file, func); status = request_firmware(&fw, fw_file, &adapter->pdev->dev); |