This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled sfc: Don't use netif_info before net_device setup to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: sfc-don-t-use-netif_info-before-net_device-setup.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit aebed7a942815ce5d32e2bf344955b0fa67c8114 Author: Erik Ekman <erik@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed Oct 20 00:40:16 2021 +0200 sfc: Don't use netif_info before net_device setup [ Upstream commit bf6abf345dfa77786aca554bc58c64bd428ecb1d ] Use pci_info instead to avoid unnamed/uninitialized noise: [197088.688729] sfc 0000:01:00.0: Solarflare NIC detected [197088.690333] sfc 0000:01:00.0: Part Number : SFN5122F [197088.729061] sfc 0000:01:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): no SR-IOV VFs probed [197088.729071] sfc 0000:01:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): no PTP support Inspired by fa44821a4ddd ("sfc: don't use netif_info et al before net_device is registered") from Heiner Kallweit. Signed-off-by: Erik Ekman <erik@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c index f226907926977..c50c1892e88da 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static int efx_ptp_get_attributes(struct efx_nic *efx) } else if (rc == -EINVAL) { fmt = MC_CMD_PTP_OUT_GET_ATTRIBUTES_SECONDS_NANOSECONDS; } else if (rc == -EPERM) { - netif_info(efx, probe, efx->net_dev, "no PTP support\n"); + pci_info(efx->pci_dev, "no PTP support\n"); return rc; } else { efx_mcdi_display_error(efx, MC_CMD_PTP, sizeof(inbuf), @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int efx_ptp_disable(struct efx_nic *efx) * should only have been called during probe. */ if (rc == -ENOSYS || rc == -EPERM) - netif_info(efx, probe, efx->net_dev, "no PTP support\n"); + pci_info(efx->pci_dev, "no PTP support\n"); else if (rc) efx_mcdi_display_error(efx, MC_CMD_PTP, MC_CMD_PTP_IN_DISABLE_LEN, diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena_sriov.c index da7b94f346049..30d58f72725df 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena_sriov.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena_sriov.c @@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ void efx_siena_sriov_probe(struct efx_nic *efx) return; if (efx_siena_sriov_cmd(efx, false, &efx->vi_scale, &count)) { - netif_info(efx, probe, efx->net_dev, "no SR-IOV VFs probed\n"); + pci_info(efx->pci_dev, "no SR-IOV VFs probed\n"); return; } if (count > 0 && count > max_vfs)