If the network device is being opened right after it has been registered via function register_netdev(), the device state is not yet consistent in the context of function ndo_open(). This patch cares about having the initialization done right, before the networking device is registered. Signed-off-by: Andrey Shvetsov <andrey.shvetsov@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/most/aim-network/networking.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/aim-network/networking.c b/drivers/staging/most/aim-network/networking.c index dd36872..761c4cb 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/most/aim-network/networking.c +++ b/drivers/staging/most/aim-network/networking.c @@ -356,10 +356,13 @@ static int aim_probe_channel(struct most_interface *iface, int channel_idx, } nd->dev = dev; + ch->ch_id = channel_idx; + ch->linked = true; dev->ml_priv = nd; if (register_netdev(dev)) { pr_err("registering net device failed\n"); + ch->linked = false; free_netdev(dev); return -EINVAL; } -- 1.7.9.5 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel