Re: mal_probe crash

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>]

> Could it be that simple. Probably not. It works at a first glace on
> a 405EP ang GPr board. But it might cause problems when having more than 
> one EMAC up at the same time.

I talked with the network folks and that should be ok.

We only need to be a bit careful in case for some reason the EMAC we
linked to NAPI get removed/destroyed... We only do all at once for now
but heh..

Ben.

> Matthias
> 
> [PATCH] powerpc: Fix ibm_newemac driver
> 
> Since commit d565b0a1a9b6ee7d netif_napi_add must be called
> if a proper net_device pointer != NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Fuchs <matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c |    3 +++
>  drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.c  |    5 +----
>  drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.h  |    1 +
>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
> index 87a7066..9bd4d6d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
> @@ -2767,6 +2767,9 @@ static int __devinit emac_probe(struct of_device *ofdev,
>  	if (dev->mdio_dev != NULL)
>  		dev->mdio_instance = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->mdio_dev->dev);
>  
> +	netif_napi_add(ndev, &dev->mal->napi, mal_poll,
> +		       CONFIG_IBM_NEW_EMAC_POLL_WEIGHT);
> +
>  	/* Register with MAL */
>  	dev->commac.ops = &emac_commac_ops;
>  	dev->commac.dev = dev;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.c
> index ecf9798..d5306ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.c
> @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ void mal_poll_enable(struct mal_instance *mal, struct mal_commac *commac)
>  	napi_schedule(&mal->napi);
>  }
>  
> -static int mal_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
> +int mal_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
>  {
>  	struct mal_instance *mal = container_of(napi, struct mal_instance, napi);
>  	struct list_head *l;
> @@ -613,9 +613,6 @@ static int __devinit mal_probe(struct of_device *ofdev,
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mal->list);
>  	spin_lock_init(&mal->lock);
>  
> -	netif_napi_add(NULL, &mal->napi, mal_poll,
> -		       CONFIG_IBM_NEW_EMAC_POLL_WEIGHT);
> -
>  	/* Load power-on reset defaults */
>  	mal_reset(mal);
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.h b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.h
> index 2f0a873..51597bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.h
> @@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ void mal_disable_rx_channel(struct mal_instance *mal, int channel);
>  
>  void mal_poll_disable(struct mal_instance *mal, struct mal_commac *commac);
>  void mal_poll_enable(struct mal_instance *mal, struct mal_commac *commac);
> +int mal_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget);
>  
>  /* Add/remove EMAC to/from MAL polling list */
>  void mal_poll_add(struct mal_instance *mal, struct mal_commac *commac);