netdev - [PATCH net] net: hyperv: initialize link status correctly

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:30:54 +0800
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: hyperv: initialize link status correctly

Call netif_carrier_on() after register_device(). Otherwise it won't work since
the device was still in NETREG_UNINITIALIZED state.

Fixes a68f9614614749727286f675d15f1e09d13cb54a
(hyperv: Fix race between probe and open calls)

Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Reported-by: Di Nie <dnie@...hat.com>
Tested-by: Di Nie <dnie@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 71baeb3..dc11601 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -444,13 +444,13 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev,
 	}
 	memcpy(net->dev_addr, device_info.mac_adr, ETH_ALEN);
 
-	netif_carrier_on(net);
-
 	ret = register_netdev(net);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		pr_err("Unable to register netdev.\n");
 		rndis_filter_device_remove(dev);
 		free_netdev(net);
+	} else {
+		netif_carrier_on(net);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
-- 
1.8.3.2

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