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

Pull networking fixes from David Miller:

 1) Fix hotplug deadlock in hv_netvsc, from Stephen Hemminger.

 2) Fix double-free in rmnet driver, from Dan Carpenter.

 3) INET connection socket layer can double put request sockets, fix
    from Eric Dumazet.

 4) Don't match collect metadata-mode tunnels if the device is down,
    from Haishuang Yan.

 5) Do not perform TSO6/GSO on ipv6 packets with extensions headers in
    be2net driver, from Suresh Reddy.

 6) Fix scaling error in gen_estimator, from Eric Dumazet.

 7) Fix 64-bit statistics deadlock in systemport driver, from Florian
    Fainelli.

 8) Fix use-after-free in sctp_sock_dump, from Xin Long.

 9) Reject invalid BPF_END instructions in verifier, from Edward Cree.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (43 commits)
  mlxsw: spectrum_router: Only handle IPv4 and IPv6 events
  Documentation: link in networking docs
  tcp: fix data delivery rate
  bpf/verifier: reject BPF_ALU64|BPF_END
  sctp: do not mark sk dumped when inet_sctp_diag_fill returns err
  sctp: fix an use-after-free issue in sctp_sock_dump
  netvsc: increase default receive buffer size
  tcp: update skb->skb_mstamp more carefully
  net: ipv4: fix l3slave check for index returned in IP_PKTINFO
  net: smsc911x: Quieten netif during suspend
  net: systemport: Fix 64-bit stats deadlock
  net: vrf: avoid gcc-4.6 warning
  qed: remove unnecessary call to memset
  tg3: clean up redundant initialization of tnapi
  tls: make tls_sw_free_resources static
  sctp: potential read out of bounds in sctp_ulpevent_type_enabled()
  MAINTAINERS: review Renesas DT bindings as well
  net_sched: gen_estimator: fix scaling error in bytes/packets samples
  nfp: wait for the NSP resource to appear on boot
  nfp: wait for board state before talking to the NSP
  ...

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c
index 5abb9ba31e7d..ff373acd28f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c
@@ -64,23 +64,6 @@
 
 #define NFP_PF_CSR_SLICE_SIZE	(32 * 1024)
 
-static int nfp_is_ready(struct nfp_pf *pf)
-{
-	const char *cp;
-	long state;
-	int err;
-
-	cp = nfp_hwinfo_lookup(pf->hwinfo, "board.state");
-	if (!cp)
-		return 0;
-
-	err = kstrtol(cp, 0, &state);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	return state == 15;
-}
-
 /**
  * nfp_net_get_mac_addr() - Get the MAC address.
  * @pf:       NFP PF handle
@@ -725,12 +708,6 @@ int nfp_net_pci_probe(struct nfp_pf *pf)
 
 	INIT_WORK(&pf->port_refresh_work, nfp_net_refresh_vnics);
 
-	/* Verify that the board has completed initialization */
-	if (!nfp_is_ready(pf)) {
-		nfp_err(pf->cpp, "NFP is not ready for NIC operation.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (!pf->rtbl) {
 		nfp_err(pf->cpp, "No %s, giving up.\n",
 			pf->fw_loaded ? "symbol table" : "firmware found");