gianfar: Call netif_carrier_off() prior to registration
Quoting David Miller:
"At the moment you call register_netdev() the device is visible, notifications
are sent to userspace, and userland tools can try to bring the interface up
and see the incorrect link state, before you do the netif_carrier_off().
Said another way, between the register_netdev() and netif_carrier_off() call,
userspace can see the device in an inconsistent state."
So call netif_carrier_off() prior to register_netdev().
Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index e2d4247..c81625a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -1373,6 +1373,9 @@
gfar_hw_init(priv);
+ /* Carrier starts down, phylib will bring it up */
+ netif_carrier_off(dev);
+
err = register_netdev(dev);
if (err) {
@@ -1380,9 +1383,6 @@
goto register_fail;
}
- /* Carrier starts down, phylib will bring it up */
- netif_carrier_off(dev);
-
device_init_wakeup(&dev->dev,
priv->device_flags &
FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_MAGIC_PACKET);