[RFC PATCH 1/2] net: ifup: prefer interfaces where the link is already up

[Ahmad Fatoum]

ifup -a on a platform with a DSA switch can take quite a while, because
barebox will attempt sending a DHCP DISCOVER on every port in sequence
and waiting until timeout. This could use some refactoring to make it
possible to make dhcp() non-blocking, but let's do an easier workaround
for that: Let's prefer ports that already have a link-up, which is the
case if the user has been sitting idly on the shell for a few seconds,
because we enable all interfaces that weren't explicitly disabled then.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
 include/net.h | 1 +
 net/eth.c     | 2 +-
 net/ifup.c    | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net.h b/include/net.h
index 0555b0bd6bed..fdd21481dbf5 100644
--- a/include/net.h
+++ b/include/net.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ int eth_register(struct eth_device* dev);    /* Register network device		*/
 void eth_unregister(struct eth_device* dev); /* Unregister network device	*/
 int eth_set_ethaddr(struct eth_device *edev, const char *ethaddr);
 int eth_open(struct eth_device *edev);
+int eth_carrier_check(struct eth_device *edev, bool may_wait);
 void eth_close(struct eth_device *edev);
 int eth_send(struct eth_device *edev, void *packet, int length);	   /* Send a packet		*/
 int eth_rx(void);			/* Check for received packets	*/
diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index 6fb64afea024..6c201d7dfc30 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int eth_complete(struct string_list *sl, char *instr)
 /*
  * Check for link if we haven't done so for longer.
  */
-static int eth_carrier_check(struct eth_device *edev, bool may_wait)
+int eth_carrier_check(struct eth_device *edev, bool may_wait)
 {
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/net/ifup.c b/net/ifup.c
index e4d5374db3ae..a0167eeb8a82 100644
--- a/net/ifup.c
+++ b/net/ifup.c
@@ -285,6 +285,14 @@ int ifup_all(unsigned flags)
 	    list_empty(&netdev_list))
 		device_detect_all();
 
+	/* Prefer interfaces where the link is already up */
+	for_each_netdev(edev) {
+		if (eth_carrier_check(edev, false))
+			continue;
+
+		ifup_edev(edev, flags);
+	}
+
 	for_each_netdev(edev)
 		ifup_edev(edev, flags);
 
-- 
2.30.2