netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: usb: lan78xx: Connect PHY before registering MAC

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Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:22:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dwagner@...e.de, wahrenst@....net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: usb: lan78xx: Connect PHY before registering
 MAC

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:29:26 +0200

> As soon as the netdev is registers, the kernel can start using the
> interface. If the driver connects the MAC to the PHY after the netdev
> is registered, there is a race condition where the interface can be
> opened without having the PHY connected.
> 
> Change the order to close this race condition.
> 
> Fixes: 92571a1aae40 ("lan78xx: Connect phy early")
> Reported-by: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.