Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Oct 2020 09:14:33 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] net: hso: do not call unregister if not registered |
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On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 05:00:42PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 13:43:23 +0200 > > > @@ -2366,7 +2366,8 @@ static void hso_free_net_device(struct hso_device *hso_dev, bool bailout) > > > > remove_net_device(hso_net->parent); > > > > - if (hso_net->net) > > + if (hso_net->net && > > + hso_net->net->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) > > unregister_netdev(hso_net->net); > > > > /* start freeing */ > > I really want to get out of the habit of drivers testing the internal > netdev registration state to make decisions. > > Instead, please track this internally. You know if you registered the > device or not, therefore use that to control whether you try to > unregister it or not.
Fair enough. Tuba, do you want to fix this up in this way, or do you recommend that someone else do it?
thanks,
greg k-h
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