If the interface is down, the CAN controller might be powered down, the
clock disabled, and/or it's external reset asserted.
Don't wake up the controller to read the CAN bus error counters, if the
interface is down.
Reviewed-by: Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@baylibre.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251008-m_can-cleanups-v1-7-1784a18eaa84@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
struct m_can_classdev *cdev = netdev_priv(dev);
int err;
+ /* Avoid waking up the controller if the interface is down */
+ if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
+ return 0;
+
err = m_can_clk_start(cdev);
if (err)
return err;