netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: davinci_emac: fix oops caused by uninitialized ndev->dev

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Date:	Wed, 21 May 2014 16:39:40 -0700
From:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>
To:	Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux DaVinci Mailing List 
	<davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	Linux netdev Mailing List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>,
	Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: davinci_emac: fix oops caused by uninitialized ndev->dev

Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com> writes:

> Commit e194312854edc22a2faf1931b3c0608fe20cb969 (drivers: net:
> davinci_cpdma: Convert kzalloc() to devm_kzalloc()) triggered
> a bug in emac_probe() wherein dev member of net_device is used
> for devres allocations even before it is initialized.
>
> This patch fixes that by using the struct device in platform_device
> instead.
>
> While at it, use &pdev->dev consistently for console messages instead
> of using ndev->dev for just one case and remove an unnecessary line
> continuation.
>
> Reported-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>
> Helped-by: George Cherian <george.cherian@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>

Tested-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>

I verified this patch fixes the boot on dm365-evm (legacy boot) and
da850-evm (DT boot).

Thanks,

Kevin
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