netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/7] sfc: Fix ordering of device registration and initial netif_carrier

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Date:	Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:03:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] sfc: Fix ordering of device registration and
 initial netif_carrier_off()

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:16:27 +0100

> We must call netif_carrier_off() after the device is registered, not
> before, to set the operational state and user-space IFF_RUNNING flag
> correctly.
> 
> Since we don't want observers to see an intermediate state, open-code
> register_netdev() and add efx_update_name() and netif_carrier_off()
> into the locked region.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Applied.
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