From: <neta...@amazon.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 21:30:20 +0000
> From: Netanel Belgazal <neta...@amazon.com>
>
> netif_carrier_off() should be called only after register netdev.
> Move the function's call after the registration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Netanel Belgazal <neta...@amazon.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
> index fbe21a817bd8..ee50c56765a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
> @@ -3276,14 +3276,14 @@ static int ena_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const
> struct pci_device_id *ent)
>
> memcpy(adapter->netdev->perm_addr, adapter->mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
>
> - netif_carrier_off(netdev);
> -
> rc = register_netdev(netdev);
> if (rc) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot register net device\n");
> goto err_rss;
> }
>
> + netif_carrier_off(netdev);
> +
You cannot invoke this after register_netdev(), asynchronous activity can cause
this
call to lose information and lose a link up event.
