netdev - Re: [PATCH net] Revert "net/mlx4_en: Fix panic during reboot"

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Date:   Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:30:36 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tariqt@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eranbe@...lanox.com, eugenia@...lanox.com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] Revert "net/mlx4_en: Fix panic during reboot"

From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Date: Sun,  6 Nov 2016 18:05:06 +0200

> This reverts commit 9d2afba058722d40cc02f430229c91611c0e8d16.
> 
> The original issue would possibly exist if an external module
> tried calling our "ethtool_ops" without checking if it still
> exists.
> 
> The right way of solving it is by simply doing the check in
> the caller side.
> Currently, no action is required as there's no such use case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>

Applied.