Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Ilya Shchepetkov <> | Subject | [PATCH 1/5] sgi-xp: Call netif_carrier_off() after register_netdev() | Date | Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:28:51 +0400 |
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For carrier detection to work properly when binding the driver with a cable unplugged, netif_carrier_off() should be calle after register_netdev(), not before.
Calling netif_carrier_off() before register_netdev() was causing the network interface to miss a linkwatch pending event leading to an inconsistent state if the link is not up when interface is initialized.
Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
Signed-off-by: Ilya Shchepetkov <shchepetkov@ispras.ru> --- drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c index 3fac67a..9296c8d 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c +++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c @@ -550,8 +550,6 @@ xpnet_init(void) return -ENOMEM; } - netif_carrier_off(xpnet_device); - xpnet_device->netdev_ops = &xpnet_netdev_ops; xpnet_device->mtu = XPNET_DEF_MTU; @@ -584,6 +582,8 @@ xpnet_init(void) kfree(xpnet_broadcast_partitions); } + netif_carrier_off(xpnet_device); + return result; } -- 1.7.7
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