linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] phylib: Fix race between returning phydev and calling adjust

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Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:46:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	avorontsov@...sta.com
Cc:	afleming@...escale.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phylib: Fix race between returning phydev and calling
 adjust_link

From: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...sta.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:34:12 +0400

> It is possible that phylib will call adjust_link before returning
> from {,of_}phy_connect(), which may cause the following [very rare,
> though] oops upon reopening the device:
 ...
> To fix the issue, simply initialize the PHY's state to PHY_READY during
> phy_attach(). This will ensure that phylib won't call adjust_link before
> phy_start().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...sta.com>

Applied, thanks Anton.
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