can: switch carrier on if device was stopped while in bus-off state

This patch fixes a problem when a device is stopped while in the
bus-off state. Then the carrier remains off forever.

Signed-off-by: Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@skynet.be>
Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
index 06083c32869a..9e4283aff828 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
@@ -473,6 +473,10 @@ int open_candev(struct net_device *dev)
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
+        /* Switch carrier on if device was stopped while in bus-off state */
+        if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev))
+                netif_carrier_on(dev);
+
         setup_timer(&priv->restart_timer, can_restart, (unsigned long)dev);
 
         return 0;