The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 570425f8c7c18b14fa8a2a58a0adb431968ad118 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu sukadev@linux.ibm.com Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 22:23:55 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] ibmvnic: register netdev after init of adapter
Finish initializing the adapter before registering netdev so state is consistent.
Fixes: c26eba03e407 ("ibmvnic: Update reset infrastructure to support tunable parameters") Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu sukadev@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c index 5913d372bc27..a7b03ca109d8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -5826,12 +5826,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id) goto ibmvnic_dev_file_err;
netif_carrier_off(netdev); - rc = register_netdev(netdev); - if (rc) { - dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to register netdev rc=%d\n", rc); - goto ibmvnic_register_fail; - } - dev_info(&dev->dev, "ibmvnic registered\n");
if (init_success) { adapter->state = VNIC_PROBED; @@ -5844,6 +5838,14 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
adapter->wait_for_reset = false; adapter->last_reset_time = jiffies; + + rc = register_netdev(netdev); + if (rc) { + dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to register netdev rc=%d\n", rc); + goto ibmvnic_register_fail; + } + dev_info(&dev->dev, "ibmvnic registered\n"); + return 0;
ibmvnic_register_fail: