netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 5/6] net: dsa: Initialize CPU port ethtool ops per tree

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Date:	Wed, 8 Jun 2016 17:09:35 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 5/6] net: dsa: Initialize CPU port ethtool
 ops per tree

On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 04:32:42PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Now that we can properly support multiple distinct trees in the system,
> using a global variable: dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_ops is getting clobbered
> as soon as the second switch tree gets probed, and we don't want that.
> 
> We need to move this to be dynamically allocated, and since we can't
> really be comparing addresses anymore to determine first time
> initialization versus any other times, just move this to dsa.c and
> dsa2.c where the remainder of the dst/ds initialization happens.
> 
> The operations teardown restores the master netdev's ethtool_ops to its
> original ethtool_ops pointer (typically within the Ethernet driver)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew