netdev - Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV

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Date:   Tue, 20 Dec 2016 22:20:20 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        aaro.koskinen@....fi, nevola@...il.com, tremyfr@...il.com,
        asbjorn@...jorn.st, jarod@...hat.com, bhaktipriya96@...il.com,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV_DEV()

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:02:37 -0800

> On 12/14/2016 05:13 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> The Octeon driver calls into PHYLIB which now checks for
>> net_device->dev.parent, so make sure we do set it before calling into
>> any MDIO/PHYLIB related function.
>> 
>> Fixes: ec988ad78ed6 ("phy: Don't increment MDIO bus refcount unless it's a different owner")
>> Reported-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> 
> Greg, David, since this is a fix for a regression introduced in the net
> tree, it may make sense that David take it via his tree.

Since the change in question is in Linus's tree, it's equally valid
for Greg to take it as well.