Re: [PATCH 1/5] sgi-xp: Call netif_carrier_off() after register_netdev()

[Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 02:28:51PM +0400, Ilya Shchepetkov wrote:
> For carrier detection to work properly when binding the driver with a
> cable unplugged, netif_carrier_off() should be calle after
> register_netdev(), not before.
> 
> Calling netif_carrier_off() before register_netdev() was causing the
> network interface to miss a linkwatch pending event leading to an
> inconsistent state if the link is not up when interface is initialized.
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Shchepetkov <shchepetkov@ispras.ru>

Acked-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>

> ---
>  drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
> index 3fac67a..9296c8d 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
> @@ -550,8 +550,6 @@ xpnet_init(void)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
>  
> -	netif_carrier_off(xpnet_device);
> -
>  	xpnet_device->netdev_ops = &xpnet_netdev_ops;
>  	xpnet_device->mtu = XPNET_DEF_MTU;
>  
> @@ -584,6 +582,8 @@ xpnet_init(void)
>  		kfree(xpnet_broadcast_partitions);
>  	}
>  
> +	netif_carrier_off(xpnet_device);
> +
>  	return result;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.7