netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/9] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: rework initialization/deinitialization

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Message-ID: <20160914205223.GF12195@netboy>
Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:52:23 +0200
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>,
        Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, WingMan Kwok <w-kwok2@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: rework
 initialization/deinitialization

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:37:45PM +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> The problem is that if cpts not initialized than pinter on 
> cpts (in consumer/parent driver - NETCP) will be NULL.

You made that problem with your "clean up" in this series.
Previously, cpts was always allocated.

> So, rx_enable will be unaccessible and cause crash :(

So just make sure cpts is initialized.

Thanks,
Richard