netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fec: fix miss init spinlock

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Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:28:07 -0300
From:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:	Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@...tor.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Li Frank-B20596 <B20596@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fec: fix miss init spinlock

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@...tor.com> wrote:
> Is the general issue in this driver that the fec_probe function:
> request_irq(irq, fec_enet_interrupt, IRQF_DISABLED, pdev->name, ndev);
>
> is called before fec_ptp_init() and fec_enet_init() have been called so that
> there is a chance the fec_enet_interrupt can occur before the hardware and data
> structures are fully setup?

The scenario you described is fixed by the patch that Frank proposed at:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/222164/
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