sh_eth: Register MDIO bus before registering the network device
authorLaurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com>
Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:00:34 +0000 (15:00 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:22:10 +0000 (17:22 -0400)
Network API functions that rely on the MDIO bus can be called as soon as
the driver calls register_netdev(). Register the MDIO bus before the
network device to avoid race conditions.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c

index e9224f285c02367640db6cf88e9614d34bf34a79..ace6da257440817161a005a6c513d94661489c2c 100644 (file)
@@ -2891,6 +2891,13 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                }
        }
 
+       /* MDIO bus init */
+       ret = sh_mdio_init(mdp, pd);
+       if (ret) {
+               dev_err(&ndev->dev, "failed to initialise MDIO\n");
+               goto out_release;
+       }
+
        netif_napi_add(ndev, &mdp->napi, sh_eth_poll, 64);
 
        /* network device register */
@@ -2898,13 +2905,6 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
        if (ret)
                goto out_napi_del;
 
-       /* mdio bus init */
-       ret = sh_mdio_init(mdp, pd);
-       if (ret) {
-               dev_err(&ndev->dev, "failed to initialise MDIO\n");
-               goto out_unregister;
-       }
-
        /* print device information */
        netdev_info(ndev, "Base address at 0x%x, %pM, IRQ %d.\n",
                    (u32)ndev->base_addr, ndev->dev_addr, ndev->irq);
@@ -2913,11 +2913,9 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
        return ret;
 
-out_unregister:
-       unregister_netdev(ndev);
-
 out_napi_del:
        netif_napi_del(&mdp->napi);
+       sh_mdio_release(mdp);
 
 out_release:
        /* net_dev free */
@@ -2933,9 +2931,9 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
        struct net_device *ndev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
        struct sh_eth_private *mdp = netdev_priv(ndev);
 
-       sh_mdio_release(mdp);
        unregister_netdev(ndev);
        netif_napi_del(&mdp->napi);
+       sh_mdio_release(mdp);
        pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
        free_netdev(ndev);