netdev - Re: [PATCH] gianfar: Call netif_carrier

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Date:	Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:04:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	festevam@...il.com
Cc:	claudiu.manoil@...escale.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	fabio.estevam@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gianfar: Call netif_carrier_off() prior to registration

From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Date: Tue,  3 Jun 2014 19:55:38 -0300

> From: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
> 
> Quoting David Miller:
> "At the moment you call register_netdev() the device is visible, notifications
> are sent to userspace, and userland tools can try to bring the interface up
> and see the incorrect link state, before you do the netif_carrier_off().
> 
> Said another way, between the register_netdev() and netif_carrier_off() call,
> userspace can see the device in an inconsistent state."
> 
> So call netif_carrier_off() prior to register_netdev().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>

Applied, thank you.
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