From 919d13a7e455c2e7676042d7a5f94c164e859d8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leon Romanovsky Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 21:57:43 +0300 Subject: devlink: Set device as early as possible All kernel devlink implementations call to devlink_alloc() during initialization routine for specific device which is used later as a parent device for devlink_register(). Such late device assignment causes to the situation which requires us to call to device_register() before setting other parameters, but that call opens devlink to the world and makes accessible for the netlink users. Any attempt to move devlink_register() to be the last call generates the following error due to access to the devlink->dev pointer. [ 8.758862] devlink_nl_param_fill+0x2e8/0xe50 [ 8.760305] devlink_param_notify+0x6d/0x180 [ 8.760435] __devlink_params_register+0x2f1/0x670 [ 8.760558] devlink_params_register+0x1e/0x20 The simple change of API to set devlink device in the devlink_alloc() instead of devlink_register() fixes all this above and ensures that prior to call to devlink_register() everything already set. Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c index 921db40047d7..d10a93801344 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_main.c @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ int nfp_net_pci_probe(struct nfp_pf *pf) if (err) goto err_unmap; - err = devlink_register(devlink, &pf->pdev->dev); + err = devlink_register(devlink); if (err) goto err_app_clean; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b