Re: [PATCH net-next v1] net: stmmac: initialize the reset delay array

[Martin Blumenstingl]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:39 PM Martin Blumenstingl
<martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Commit ce4ab73ab0c27c ("net: stmmac: drop the reset delays from struct
> stmmac_mdio_bus_data") moved the reset delay array from struct
> stmmac_mdio_bus_data to a stack variable.
> The values from the array inside struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data were
> previously initialized to 0 because the struct was allocated using
> devm_kzalloc(). The array on the stack has to be initialized
> explicitly, else we might be reading garbage values.
>
> Initialize all reset delays to 0 to ensure that the values are 0 if the
> "snps,reset-delays-us" property is not defined.
> This fixes booting at least two boards (MIPS pistachio marduk and ARM
> sun8i H2+ Orange Pi Zero). These are hanging during boot when
> initializing the stmmac Ethernet controller (as found by Kernel CI).
> Both have in common that they don't define the "snps,reset-delays-us"
> property.
>
> Fixes: ce4ab73ab0c27c ("net: stmmac: drop the reset delays from struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data")
> Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
to complete what I already wrote as part of the patch description this
issue was:
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