netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: macb: Probe MDIO bus before registering netdev

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Date:	Tue, 03 May 2016 16:06:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nicolas.ferre@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: macb: Probe MDIO bus before registering netdev

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Mon,  2 May 2016 18:38:45 -0700

> The current sequence makes us register for a network device prior to
> registering and probing the MDIO bus which could lead to some unwanted
> consequences, like a thread of execution calling into ndo_open before
> register_netdev() returns, while the MDIO bus is not ready yet.
> 
> Rework the sequence to register for the MDIO bus, and therefore attach
> to a PHY prior to calling register_netdev(), which implies reworking the
> error path a bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Florian.