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net/mlx5e: Remove dependency in IPsec initialization flows

Currently, IPsec feature is disabled because mlx5e_build_nic_netdev
is required to be called after mlx5e_ipsec_init. This requirement is
invalid as mlx5e_build_nic_netdev and mlx5e_ipsec_init initialize
independent resources.

Remove ipsec pointer check in mlx5e_build_nic_netdev so that the
two functions can be called at any order.

Fixes: 547eede070eb ("net/mlx5e: IPSec, Innova IPSec offload infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Huy Nguyen <huyn@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Raed Salem <raeds@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>

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Huy Nguyen and committed by
Saeed Mahameed
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drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
··· 532 532 struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev; 533 533 struct net_device *netdev = priv->netdev; 534 534 535 - if (!priv->ipsec) 536 - return; 537 - 538 535 if (!(mlx5_accel_ipsec_device_caps(mdev) & MLX5_ACCEL_IPSEC_CAP_ESP) || 539 536 !MLX5_CAP_ETH(mdev, swp)) { 540 537 mlx5_core_dbg(mdev, "mlx5e: ESP and SWP offload not supported\n");