netdev - RE: [PATCH 3/4] dpaa_eth: change device used

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Date:   Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:11:02 +0000
From:   Madalin-cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com" 
        <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        "junote@...look.com" <junote@...look.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/4] dpaa_eth: change device used

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 12:02 AM
> To: Madalin-cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] dpaa_eth: change device used
> 
> From: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:10:17 +0300
> 
> > @@ -2696,7 +2681,13 @@ static int dpaa_eth_probe(struct platform_device
> *pdev)
> >  	int err = 0, i, channel;
> >  	struct device *dev;
> >
> > -	dev = &pdev->dev;
> > +	/* device used for DMA mapping */
> > +	dev = pdev->dev.parent;
> > +	err = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(40));
> > +	if (err) {
> > +		dev_err(dev, "dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent() failed\n");
> > +		goto dev_mask_failed;
> > +	}
> >
> >  	/* Allocate this early, so we can store relevant information in
> >  	 * the private area
> 
> Since you are moving this code up before the netdev allocation, you must
> adjust the failure path goto label used.
> 
> Your change as-is will cause an OOPS because we'll pass a NULL pointer
> to free_netdev().

Thank you, besides this new issue I was introducing I see there other problems,
I'll include a cleanup of these error paths in v2.

Madalin