netdev - [net-2.6 PATCH] igbvf: fix panic on load

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Message-ID: <20101028105951.27748.36868.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6>
Date:	Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:59:51 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, bphilips@...ell.com,
	Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>,
	Greg Rose <greg.v.rose@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-2.6 PATCH] igbvf: fix panic on load

From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>

Introduced by commit:e6484930d7c73d324bccda7d43d131088da697b9
net: allocate tx queues in register_netdevice

Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
Acked-by: Greg Rose <greg.v.rose@...el.com>
Tested-by: Jeff Pieper <jeffrey.e.pieper@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c
index ebfaa68..28af019 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c
@@ -2783,15 +2783,15 @@ static int __devinit igbvf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	/* reset the hardware with the new settings */
 	igbvf_reset(adapter);
 
-	/* tell the stack to leave us alone until igbvf_open() is called */
-	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
-
 	strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d");
 	err = register_netdev(netdev);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_hw_init;
 
+	/* tell the stack to leave us alone until igbvf_open() is called */
+	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
+
 	igbvf_print_device_info(adapter);
 
 	igbvf_initialize_last_counter_stats(adapter);

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