[PATCH net 08/10] net: ethernet: aeroflex: move setting of netops to fix crash

From: David Yang

Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 22:33:54 EST


greth_of_probe() calls greth_mdio_init(), which 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.

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/aeroflex/greth.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
index a593adc16c78..fccb67beebee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
@@ -1421,6 +1421,8 @@ static int greth_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
/* Check if MAC can handle MDIO interrupts */
greth->mdio_int_en = (tmp >> 26) & 1;

+ dev->netdev_ops = &greth_netdev_ops;
+
err = greth_mdio_init(greth);
if (err) {
if (netif_msg_probe(greth))
@@ -1498,7 +1500,6 @@ static int greth_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
}

- dev->netdev_ops = &greth_netdev_ops;
dev->ethtool_ops = &greth_ethtool_ops;

err = register_netdev(dev);
--
2.53.0