Re: [PATCH] phylib: Fix race between returning phydev and callingadjust_link

[David Miller]

From: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:34:12 +0400

> It is possible that phylib will call adjust_link before returning
> from {,of_}phy_connect(), which may cause the following [very rare,
> though] oops upon reopening the device:
 ...
> To fix the issue, simply initialize the PHY's state to PHY_READY during
> phy_attach(). This will ensure that phylib won't call adjust_link before
> phy_start().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Anton.
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