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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c4
-rw-r--r--net/core/ethtool.c12
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index bb42eb161969..bbda81997f4f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5974,6 +5974,8 @@ struct netdev_queue *dev_ingress_queue_create(struct net_device *dev)
return queue;
}
+static const struct ethtool_ops default_ethtool_ops;
+
/**
* alloc_netdev_mqs - allocate network device
* @sizeof_priv: size of private data to allocate space for
@@ -6061,6 +6063,8 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
strcpy(dev->name, name);
dev->group = INIT_NETDEV_GROUP;
+ if (!dev->ethtool_ops)
+ dev->ethtool_ops = &default_ethtool_ops;
return dev;
free_all:
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index cbf033dcaf1f..4d64cc2e3fa9 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1426,18 +1426,6 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
if (copy_from_user(&ethcmd, useraddr, sizeof(ethcmd)))
return -EFAULT;
- if (!dev->ethtool_ops) {
- /* A few commands do not require any driver support,
- * are unprivileged, and do not change anything, so we
- * can take a shortcut to them. */
- if (ethcmd == ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO)
- return ethtool_get_drvinfo(dev, useraddr);
- else if (ethcmd == ETHTOOL_GET_TS_INFO)
- return ethtool_get_ts_info(dev, useraddr);
- else
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- }
-
/* Allow some commands to be done by anyone */
switch (ethcmd) {
case ETHTOOL_GSET:
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