[PATCH net 03/10] net: ethernet: actions: Move setting of netops to fix crash

[Maxime Chevallier]

On 10/8/26 04:26, David Yang wrote:
> owl_emac_probe() calls owl_emac_phy_init(), which connects the PHY,
> before netdev->netdev_ops is assigned. phy_attach_direct() ->
> phy_link_topo_add_phy() reads dev->netdev_ops through
> netdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in question, so probing crashes
> with a NULL pointer dereference when CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled.
> 
> Assign netdev_ops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit
> 7c9f391ec89c ("net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash").
> 
> Fixes: ded86da4bbb7 ("net: ethtool: relax ethnl_req_get_phydev() locking assertion")
> Signed-off-by: David Yang <mmyangfl at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier at bootlin.com>

Thanks,

Maxime

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c
> index 0a08da799255..2538275a1e57 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/actions/owl-emac.c
> @@ -1552,6 +1552,8 @@ static int owl_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  
> +	netdev->netdev_ops = &owl_emac_netdev_ops;
> +
>  	ret = owl_emac_phy_init(netdev);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "failed to initialize PHY\n");
> @@ -1563,7 +1565,6 @@ static int owl_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	netdev->min_mtu = OWL_EMAC_MTU_MIN;
>  	netdev->max_mtu = OWL_EMAC_MTU_MAX;
>  	netdev->watchdog_timeo = OWL_EMAC_TX_TIMEOUT;
> -	netdev->netdev_ops = &owl_emac_netdev_ops;
>  	netdev->ethtool_ops = &owl_emac_ethtool_ops;
>  	netif_napi_add(netdev, &priv->napi, owl_emac_poll);
>