netdev - [PATCH v1 net-next 1/7] dsa: mv88e6xxx: Initialise the mutex as soon as it is created

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 23:27:19 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: [PATCH v1 net-next 1/7] dsa: mv88e6xxx: Initialise the mutex as soon as it is created

By initialising immediately it, we don't run the danger of using it
before it is initialised.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
index 1e5ca8e0f48e..b2d27bfd53c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
@@ -3118,8 +3118,6 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 
 	ps->ds = ds;
 
-	mutex_init(&ps->smi_mutex);
-
 	INIT_WORK(&ps->bridge_work, mv88e6xxx_bridge_work);
 
 	if (mv88e6xxx_has(ps, MV88E6XXX_FLAG_EEPROM))
@@ -3566,6 +3564,7 @@ static const char *mv88e6xxx_probe(struct device *dsa_dev,
 	ps->bus = bus;
 	ps->sw_addr = sw_addr;
 	ps->info = info;
+	mutex_init(&ps->smi_mutex);
 
 	*priv = ps;
 
-- 
2.8.1