Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV_DEV()

From	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV_DEV()
Date	2017-01-03 17:20 +0100
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On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 02:15:57PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 12/20/2016 07:20 PM, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:02:37 -0800
> > 
> >> On 12/14/2016 05:13 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >>> The Octeon driver calls into PHYLIB which now checks for
> >>> net_device->dev.parent, so make sure we do set it before calling into
> >>> any MDIO/PHYLIB related function.
> >>>
> >>> Fixes: ec988ad78ed6 ("phy: Don't increment MDIO bus refcount unless it's a different owner")
> >>> Reported-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Greg, David, since this is a fix for a regression introduced in the net
> >> tree, it may make sense that David take it via his tree.
> > 
> > Since the change in question is in Linus's tree, it's equally valid
> > for Greg to take it as well.
> 
> Sure, Greg, can you take this change? Thank you!

Will do so now, thanks,

greg k-h

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[PATCH] staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV_DEV() Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 02:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV_DEV() Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-12-21 02:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV_DEV() David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-12-21 04:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV_DEV() Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-12-27 23:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV_DEV() Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-01-03 17:20 +0100

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