[PATCH net 01/10] net: hisilicon: hisi_femac: Move setting of netops to fix crash
From: David Yang
Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 22:29:20 EST
hisi_femac_drv_probe() connects the PHY before dev->netdev_ops is
assigned. phy_attach_direct() -> phy_link_topo_add_phy() reads
dev->netdev_ops through netdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in
question, so probing crashes with a NULL pointer dereference when
CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled.
phy_link_topo_add_phy from phy_attach_direct+0xec/0x37c
of_phy_get_and_connect from hisi_femac_drv_probe+0x1f4/0x558
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
Assign netdev_ops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit
7c9f391ec89c ("net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash").
Fixes: ded86da4bbb7 ("net: ethtool: relax ethnl_req_get_phydev() locking assertion")
Signed-off-by: David Yang <mmyangfl@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c
index d244a40df430..016605e86f0b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c
@@ -830,6 +830,8 @@ static int hisi_femac_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
hisi_femac_phy_reset(priv);
}
+ ndev->netdev_ops = &hisi_femac_netdev_ops;
+
phy = of_phy_get_and_connect(ndev, node, hisi_femac_adjust_link);
if (!phy) {
dev_err(dev, "connect to PHY failed!\n");
@@ -850,7 +852,6 @@ static int hisi_femac_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ndev->watchdog_timeo = 6 * HZ;
ndev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
- ndev->netdev_ops = &hisi_femac_netdev_ops;
ndev->ethtool_ops = &hisi_femac_ethtools_ops;
netif_napi_add_weight(ndev, &priv->napi, hisi_femac_poll,
FEMAC_POLL_WEIGHT);
--
2.53.0