This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled net: hns3: add nic_client check when initialize roce base information 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: net-hns3-add-nic_client-check-when-initialize-roce-base-information.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. >From foo@baz Mon Dec 18 13:28:59 CET 2017 From: Lipeng <lipeng321@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:02:10 +0800 Subject: net: hns3: add nic_client check when initialize roce base information From: Lipeng <lipeng321@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 3a46f34d20d453f09defb76b11a567647939c0aa ] Roce driver works base on HNS3 driver.If insmod Roce driver before NIC driver there is a error because do not check nic_client. This patch adds nic_client check when initialize roce base information. Fixes: 46a3df9 (net: hns3: Add HNS3 Acceleration Engine & Compatibility Layer Support) Signed-off-by: Lipeng <lipeng321@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c @@ -3981,7 +3981,7 @@ static int hclge_init_client_instance(st vport->roce.client = client; } - if (hdev->roce_client) { + if (hdev->roce_client && hdev->nic_client) { ret = hclge_init_roce_base_info(vport); if (ret) goto err; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from lipeng321@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/net-hns3-fix-the-tx-rx-ring.queue_index-in-hns3_ring_get_cfg.patch queue-4.14/net-hns3-fix-the-bug-when-map-buffer-fail.patch queue-4.14/net-hns3-fix-a-bug-when-alloc-new-buffer.patch queue-4.14/net-hns3-fix-the-bug-of-hns3_set_txbd_baseinfo.patch queue-4.14/net-hns3-fix-a-bug-in-hclge_uninit_client_instance.patch queue-4.14/net-hns3-fix-a-misuse-to-devm_free_irq.patch queue-4.14/net-hns3-fix-for-getting-advertised_caps-in-hns3_get_link_ksettings.patch queue-4.14/net-hns3-add-nic_client-check-when-initialize-roce-base-information.patch