netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/6] net: mvmdio: fix interrupt disable in remove path

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Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2017 21:25:01 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>,
        Stefan Chulski <stefanc@...vell.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] net: mvmdio: fix interrupt disable in remove path

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 04:28:09PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> The pre-existing write to disable interrupts on the remove path happens
> whether we have an interrupt or not.  While this may seem to be a good
> idea, this driver is re-used in many different implementations, some
> where the binding only specifies four bytes of register space.  This
> access causes us to access registers outside of the binding.
> 
> Make it conditional on the interrupt being present, which is the same
> condition used when enabling the interrupt in the first place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

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

    Andrew