From e5eda89d97ec256ba14e7e861387cc0468259c18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ido Shamay Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:18:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx4_en: Call register_netdevice in the proper location Netdevice registration should be performed a the end of the driver initialization flow. If we don't do that, after calling register_netdevice, device callbacks may be issued by higher layers of the stack before final configuration of the device is done. For example (VXLAN configuration race), mlx4_SET_PORT_VXLAN was issued after the register_netdev command. System network scripts may configure the interface (UP) right after the registration, which also attach unicast VXLAN steering rule, before mlx4_SET_PORT_VXLAN was called, causing the firmware to fail the rule attachment. Fixes: 837052d0ccc5 ("net/mlx4_en: Add netdev support for TCP/IP offloads of vxlan tunneling") Signed-off-by: Ido Shamay Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c index ebce5bb24df9..3485acf03014 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c @@ -2805,13 +2805,6 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port, netif_carrier_off(dev); mlx4_en_set_default_moderation(priv); - err = register_netdev(dev); - if (err) { - en_err(priv, "Netdev registration failed for port %d\n", port); - goto out; - } - priv->registered = 1; - en_warn(priv, "Using %d TX rings\n", prof->tx_ring_num); en_warn(priv, "Using %d RX rings\n", prof->rx_ring_num); @@ -2853,6 +2846,14 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port, mlx4_set_stats_bitmap(mdev->dev, &priv->stats_bitmap); + err = register_netdev(dev); + if (err) { + en_err(priv, "Netdev registration failed for port %d\n", port); + goto out; + } + + priv->registered = 1; + return 0; out: -- 2.30.2