From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
To: David Yang <mmyangfl@gmail.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Andrew Lunn" <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@kernel.org>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>,
"Manivannan Sadhasivam" <mani@kernel.org>,
"Stanislav Fomichev" <sdf@fomichev.me>,
"Nicolai Buchwitz" <nb@tipi-net.de>,
"Jacob Keller" <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-actions@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 03/10] net: ethernet: actions: Move setting of netops to fix crash
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 10:30:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b44d36a0-43a1-4399-8c79-29d1f57984cd@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008022656.3592191-4-mmyangfl@gmail.com>
On 10/8/26 04:26, David Yang wrote:
> owl_emac_probe() calls owl_emac_phy_init(), which connects the PHY,
> before netdev->netdev_ops is assigned. phy_attach_direct() ->
> phy_link_topo_add_phy() reads dev->netdev_ops through
> netdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in question, so probing crashes
> with a NULL pointer dereference when CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled.
>
> Assign netdev_ops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit
> 7c9f391ec89c ("net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash").
>
> Fixes: ded86da4bbb7 ("net: ethtool: relax ethnl_req_get_phydev() locking assertion")
> Signed-off-by: David Yang <mmyangfl@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Thanks,
Maxime
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c
> index 0a08da799255..2538275a1e57 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c
> @@ -1552,6 +1552,8 @@ static int owl_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return ret;
> }
>
> + netdev->netdev_ops = &owl_emac_netdev_ops;
> +
> ret = owl_emac_phy_init(netdev);
> if (ret) {
> dev_err(dev, "failed to initialize PHY\n");
> @@ -1563,7 +1565,6 @@ static int owl_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> netdev->min_mtu = OWL_EMAC_MTU_MIN;
> netdev->max_mtu = OWL_EMAC_MTU_MAX;
> netdev->watchdog_timeo = OWL_EMAC_TX_TIMEOUT;
> - netdev->netdev_ops = &owl_emac_netdev_ops;
> netdev->ethtool_ops = &owl_emac_ethtool_ops;
> netif_napi_add(netdev, &priv->napi, owl_emac_poll);
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 8:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 2:26 [PATCH net 00/10] net: Move setting of netops to fix crash David Yang
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 01/10] net: hisilicon: hisi_femac: " David Yang
2026-10-08 11:51 ` Jijie Shao
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 02/10] net: hisilicon: hip04_eth: " David Yang
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 03/10] net: ethernet: actions: " David Yang
2026-10-08 8:30 ` Maxime Chevallier [this message]
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 04/10] net: ethernet: adi: " David Yang
2026-10-08 8:30 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-10-09 13:03 ` Regus, Ciprian
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 05/10] net: mv643xx: move " David Yang
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 06/10] net: au1000: " David Yang
2026-10-08 8:31 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 07/10] net: ethoc: " David Yang
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 08/10] net: ethernet: aeroflex: " David Yang
2026-10-09 14:34 ` Andreas Larsson
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 09/10] net: ti: icssm-prueth: Move " David Yang
2026-10-08 8:32 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-10-08 2:26 ` [PATCH net 10/10] microchip: lan865x: move " David Yang
2026-10-08 8:32 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-10-08 12:10 ` [PATCH net 00/10] net: Move " Jijie Shao
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