netdev - Re: [net v2] net: dsa: microchip: fix race condition

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Date:   Tue, 6 Oct 2020 19:57:38 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Christian Eggers <ceggers@...i.de>
Cc:     Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net v2] net: dsa: microchip: fix race condition

On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 06:30:57PM +0200, Christian Eggers wrote:
> If think that ksz_switch_remove() will not be called at all if there is an
> error in the probe path.

Indeed.

> In all other cases, the work should be queued.

In that case, it looks like the "if" condition can be removed in a
further patch, because it is now unnecessary. Please be sure to test
that though.