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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5 net-next] cnic: Improve NETDEV_UP event handling
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:53:21 -0700 (PDT)
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From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 22:29:35 -0700

> During NETDEV_UP, we use symbol_get() to get the net driver's cnic
> probe function.  This sometimes doesn't work if NETDEV_UP happens
> right after NETDEV_REGISTER and the net driver is still running module
> init code.  As a result, the cnic device may not be discovered.  We
> fix this by probing on all NETDEV events if the device's netif_running
> state is up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>

Applied.