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Sebastian Hesselbarth says: ==================== This patch set comprises some one-liners to fix issues with repeated loading and unloading of a modular mv643xx_eth driver. First two patches take care of the periodic port statistic timer, that updates statistics by reading port registers using add_timer/mod_timer. Patch 1 moves timer re-schedule from mib_counters_update to the timer callback. As mib_counters_update is also called from non-timer context, this ensures the timer is reactivated from timer context only. Patch 2 moves initial timer schedule from _probe() time to right before the port is actually started as the corresponding del_timer_sync is at _stop() time. This fixes a regression, where unloading the driver from a non-started eth device can cause the timer to access deallocated mem. Patch 3 adds an assignment of the ports device_node to the corresponding self-created platform_device. This is required to allow fixups based on the device_node's compatible string later. Actually, it is also a potential regression because we already check compatible string for Kirkwood, but does not (yet) rely on the fixup. All patches are based on v3.12-rc3 and have been tested on Kirkwood-based Seagate Dockstar. Patches 1 and 2 can also possibly queued up for -stable. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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