Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Jul 2020 21:45:28 +0200 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: dev: Add API to check net_dev readiness |
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On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 10:37:54PM +0300, Ilia Lin wrote: > From: Ilia Lin <ilia.lin@kernel.org> > > Add an API that returns true, if the net_dev_init was already called, > and the driver was initialized. > > Some early drivers, that are initialized during the subsys_initcall > may try accessing the net_dev or NAPI APIs before the net_dev_init, > and will encounter a kernel bug. This API provides a way to handle > this and manage by deferring or by other way.
Hi Ilia
You need to include a user of this new API.
I also have to wonder why a network device driver is being probed the subsys_initcall.
Andrew
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