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Re: [PATCH net 08/10] net: ethernet: aeroflex: move setting of netops to fix crash

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From: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>
Date: 2026-10-09 14:34:11
Also in: lkml

On 2026-10-08 04:26, David Yang wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
greth_of_probe() calls greth_mdio_init(), which connects the PHY,
before dev->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@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
index a593adc16c78..fccb67beebee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
@@ -1421,6 +1421,8 @@ static int greth_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	/* Check if MAC can handle MDIO interrupts */
 	greth->mdio_int_en = (tmp >> 26) & 1;
 
+	dev->netdev_ops = &greth_netdev_ops;
+
 	err = greth_mdio_init(greth);
 	if (err) {
 		if (netif_msg_probe(greth))
@@ -1498,7 +1500,6 @@ static int greth_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 		dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
 	}
 
-	dev->netdev_ops = &greth_netdev_ops;
 	dev->ethtool_ops = &greth_ethtool_ops;
 
 	err = register_netdev(dev);
Acked-by: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>

Thanks,
Andreas
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