wimax: allow user space to send messages once the device is registered

It makes sense that the messaging pipe to the device can be used before the device is fully ready, as long as it is registered with the stack. Some debugging tools need it. Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <[email protected]>
josf · Oct 19, 2009 · de9315f · de9315f
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diff --git a/net/wimax/op-msg.c b/net/wimax/op-msg.c
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ int wimax_gnl_doit_msg_from_user(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
 	result = wimax_dev_is_ready(wimax_dev);
+	if (result == -ENOMEDIUM)
+		result = 0;
 	if (result < 0)
 		goto error_not_ready;
 	result = -ENOSYS;