[PATCH net-next v2 4/4] net: altera-tse: Init PCS and phylink before registering netdev

Maxime Chevallier maxime.chevallier at bootlin.com
Mon Nov 3 02:49:27 PST 2025


register_netdev() must be done only once all resources are ready, as
they may be used in .ndo_open() immediately upon registration.

Move the lynx PCS and phylink initialisation before registerng the
netdevice. We also remove the call to netif_carrier_off(), as phylink
takes care of that.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier at bootlin.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c | 40 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index 003df8970998..ca55c5fd11df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -1386,24 +1386,6 @@ static int altera_tse_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->tx_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->rxdma_irq_lock);
 
-	netif_carrier_off(ndev);
-	ret = register_netdev(ndev);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register TSE net device\n");
-		goto err_register_netdev;
-	}
-
-	revision = ioread32(&priv->mac_dev->megacore_revision);
-
-	if (revision < 0xd00 || revision > 0xe00)
-		netdev_warn(ndev, "TSE revision %x\n", revision);
-
-	if (netif_msg_probe(priv))
-		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Altera TSE MAC version %d.%d at 0x%08lx irq %d/%d\n",
-			 (revision >> 8) & 0xff, revision & 0xff,
-			 (unsigned long) control_port->start, priv->rx_irq,
-			 priv->tx_irq);
-
 	snprintf(mrc.name, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s-pcs-mii", dev_name(&pdev->dev));
 	pcs_bus = devm_mdio_regmap_register(&pdev->dev, &mrc);
 	if (IS_ERR(pcs_bus)) {
@@ -1441,12 +1423,30 @@ static int altera_tse_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_init_phylink;
 	}
 
+	ret = register_netdev(ndev);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register TSE net device\n");
+		goto err_register_netdev;
+	}
+
+	revision = ioread32(&priv->mac_dev->megacore_revision);
+
+	if (revision < 0xd00 || revision > 0xe00)
+		netdev_warn(ndev, "TSE revision %x\n", revision);
+
+	if (netif_msg_probe(priv))
+		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Altera TSE MAC version %d.%d at 0x%08lx irq %d/%d\n",
+			 (revision >> 8) & 0xff, revision & 0xff,
+			 (unsigned long)control_port->start, priv->rx_irq,
+			 priv->tx_irq);
+
 	return 0;
+
+err_register_netdev:
+	phylink_destroy(priv->phylink);
 err_init_phylink:
 	lynx_pcs_destroy(priv->pcs);
 err_init_pcs:
-	unregister_netdev(ndev);
-err_register_netdev:
 	netif_napi_del(&priv->napi);
 	altera_tse_mdio_destroy(ndev);
 err_free_netdev:
-- 
2.49.0




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