From e5eda89d97ec256ba14e7e861387cc0468259c18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ido Shamay Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:18:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx4_en: Call register_netdevice in the proper location Netdevice registration should be performed a the end of the driver initialization flow. If we don't do that, after calling register_netdevice, device callbacks may be issued by higher layers of the stack before final configuration of the device is done. For example (VXLAN configuration race), mlx4_SET_PORT_VXLAN was issued after the register_netdev command. System network scripts may configure the interface (UP) right after the registration, which also attach unicast VXLAN steering rule, before mlx4_SET_PORT_VXLAN was called, causing the firmware to fail the rule attachment. Fixes: 837052d0ccc5 ("net/mlx4_en: Add netdev support for TCP/IP offloads of vxlan tunneling") Signed-off-by: Ido Shamay Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Reading git-format-patch failed