Avoid a unnecessary carrier state transistion that happens when device is registered. Lockdep works better if initialization is done before registration as well. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c 2009-06-12 07:26:44.441927853 -0700 +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c 2009-06-12 07:27:12.459766764 -0700 @@ -5164,15 +5164,15 @@ int bond_create(const char *name) goto out_netdev; } + bond_set_lockdep_class(bond_dev); + + netif_carrier_off(bond_dev); + res = register_netdevice(bond_dev); if (res < 0) { goto out_bond; } - bond_set_lockdep_class(bond_dev); - - netif_carrier_off(bond_dev); - up_write(&bonding_rwsem); rtnl_unlock(); /* allows sysfs registration of net device */ res = bond_create_sysfs_entry(netdev_priv(bond_dev)); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html