netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: Fix race between stmmac_drv_probe and stmmac

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Date:   Tue, 27 Dec 2016 21:32:44 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, pavel@....cz, Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com,
        seraphin.bonnaffe@...com, alexandre.torgue@...il.com,
        manabian@...il.com, niklas.cassel@...s.com, johan@...nel.org,
        boon.leong.ong@...el.com, weifeng.voon@...el.com,
        lars.persson@...s.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        peppe.cavallaro@...com, alexandre.torgue@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: Fix race between stmmac_drv_probe and
 stmmac_open

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 18:23:06 -0800

> There is currently a small window during which the network device registered by
> stmmac can be made visible, yet all resources, including and clock and MDIO bus
> have not had a chance to be set up, this can lead to the following error to
> occur:
 ...
> Fix this by making sure that register_netdev() is the last thing being done,
> which guarantees that the clock and the MDIO bus are available.
> 
> Fixes: 4bfcbd7abce2 ("stmmac: Move the mdio_register/_unregister in probe/remove")
> Reported-by: Kweh, Hock Leong <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Florian.