linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: ave: Avoid lockdep warning

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:29:55 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hayashi.kunihiko@...ionext.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        masami.hiramatsu@...aro.org, jaswinder.singh@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: ave: Avoid lockdep warning

From: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@...ionext.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:02:42 +0900

> When building with PROVE_LOCKING=y, lockdep shows the following
> dump message.
> 
>     INFO: trying to register non-static key.
>     the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation.
>     turning off the locking correctness validator.
>      ...
> 
> Calling device_set_wakeup_enable() directly occurs this issue,
> and it isn't necessary for initialization, so this patch creates
> internal function __ave_ethtool_set_wol() and replaces with this
> in ave_init() and ave_resume().
> 
> Fixes: 7200f2e3c9e2 ("net: ethernet: ave: Set initial wol state to disabled")
> Signed-off-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@...ionext.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.