To reproduce: if connman (http://connman.net/) is started,
inserting the stmmac module triggers a "BUG: spinlock bad magic on CPU#0".
Registering the device in stmmac_probe() sends a notification to connman
which brings the interface up before the lock is initialized.
Signed-off-by: Vlad Lungu <vlad.lungu@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
pr_warning("\tno valid MAC address;"
"please, use ifconfig or nwhwconfig!\n");
+ spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
+
ret = register_netdev(dev);
if (ret) {
pr_err("%s: ERROR %i registering the device\n",
dev->name, (dev->features & NETIF_F_SG) ? "on" : "off",
(dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_CSUM) ? "on" : "off");
- spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
-
return ret;
}