3.5.7.11 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me 
know.

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From: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>

commit f01fc1a82c2ee68726b400fadb156bd623b5f2f1 upstream.

ixgbe_notify_dca cannot be called before driver registration
because it expects driver's klist_devices to be allocated and
initialized. While on it make sure debugfs files are removed
when registration fails.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
[ luis: backported to 3.5: removed debugfs code ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 7c0878f..ab8d882 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7662,12 +7662,15 @@ static int __init ixgbe_init_module(void)
        pr_info("%s - version %s\n", ixgbe_driver_string, ixgbe_driver_version);
        pr_info("%s\n", ixgbe_copyright);
 
+       ret = pci_register_driver(&ixgbe_driver);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCA
        dca_register_notify(&dca_notifier);
 #endif
 
-       ret = pci_register_driver(&ixgbe_driver);
-       return ret;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 module_init(ixgbe_init_module);
-- 
1.8.1.2

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