net: stmmac: remove unnecessary netif_carrier_off()

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It is incorrect to call netif_carrier_off(), or in fact any driver
teardown, before unregister_netdev() has been called.

unregister_netdev() unpublishes the network device from userspace, and
takes the interface down if it was up prior to returning. Therefore,
once the call has returned, we are guaranteed that .ndo_stop() will
have been called for an interface that was up. Phylink will take the
carrier down via phylink_stop(), making any manipulation of the carrier
in the remove path unnecessary.

In the stmmac_release() path, the netif_carrier_off() call follows the
call to phylink_stop(), so this call is redundant.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Reviewed-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/E1sCErZ-00EOPx-PF@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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Russell King (Oracle) 2024-05-29 09:40:49 +01:00 • committed by Jakub Kicinski

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drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c

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