commit e3bc4ffb814c847bde7706a80d5684d12c676a8b
author Steve Hodgson <steve@purestorage.com> Tue Aug 14 17:13:36 2012 +0100
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Wed Aug 15 15:10:42 2012 -0700
tree aeecd25ee1e702aa2e721cf9d3f86aa7b5132128
parent c03307eab68d583ea6db917681afa14ed1fb3b84

vmxnet3: Fix race between dev_open() and register_netdev()

dev_open() can complete before register_netdev() returns.
Fix vmxnet3_probe_device() to support this.

Signed-off-by: Steve Hodgson <steve@purestorage.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 93e0cfb..ce9d4f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -3019,6 +3019,7 @@
 	netdev->watchdog_timeo = 5 * HZ;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&adapter->work, vmxnet3_reset_work);
+	set_bit(VMXNET3_STATE_BIT_QUIESCED, &adapter->state);
 
 	if (adapter->intr.type == VMXNET3_IT_MSIX) {
 		int i;
@@ -3043,7 +3044,6 @@
 		goto err_register;
 	}
 
-	set_bit(VMXNET3_STATE_BIT_QUIESCED, &adapter->state);
 	vmxnet3_check_link(adapter, false);
 	atomic_inc(&devices_found);
 	return 0;