netdev - [PATCH net] net/mlx4_en: Fixed crash when port type is changed

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Date:	Thu,  7 Nov 2013 11:08:30 +0200
From:	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>,
	Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@...lanox.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_en: Fixed crash when port type is changed

timecounter_init() was was called only after first potential
timecounter_read().
Moved mlx4_en_init_timestamp() before mlx4_en_init_netdev()

Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
---
Please pull into -stable for kernels >= 3.10

 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
index a071cda..0d087b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ static void *mlx4_en_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	mlx4_foreach_port(i, dev, MLX4_PORT_TYPE_ETH)
 		mdev->port_cnt++;
 
+	/* Initialize time stamp mechanism */
+	if (mdev->dev->caps.flags2 & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_TS)
+		mlx4_en_init_timestamp(mdev);
+
 	mlx4_foreach_port(i, dev, MLX4_PORT_TYPE_ETH) {
 		if (!dev->caps.comp_pool) {
 			mdev->profile.prof[i].rx_ring_num =
@@ -301,10 +305,6 @@ static void *mlx4_en_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 			mdev->pndev[i] = NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* Initialize time stamp mechanism */
-	if (mdev->dev->caps.flags2 & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_TS)
-		mlx4_en_init_timestamp(mdev);
-
 	return mdev;
 
 err_mr:
-- 
1.8.3.4

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