From 10cc73c4b7feaa74abfbead404ae4eb28ba60310 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 10:36:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] net: ipa: reorder netdev pointer assignments

Assign the ipa->modem_netdev and endpoint->netdev pointers *before*
registering the network device.  As soon as the device is
registered it can be opened, and by that time we'll want those
pointers valid.

Similarly, don't make those pointers NULL until *after* the modem
network device is unregistered in ipa_modem_stop().

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
index 663a610979e7..ad4019e8016e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c
@@ -231,13 +231,15 @@ int ipa_modem_start(struct ipa *ipa)
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &ipa->pdev->dev);
 	priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	priv->ipa = ipa;
+	ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_MODEM_TX]->netdev = netdev;
+	ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_MODEM_RX]->netdev = netdev;
+	ipa->modem_netdev = netdev;
 
 	ret = register_netdev(netdev);
-	if (!ret) {
-		ipa->modem_netdev = netdev;
-		ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_MODEM_TX]->netdev = netdev;
-		ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_MODEM_RX]->netdev = netdev;
-	} else {
+	if (ret) {
+		ipa->modem_netdev = NULL;
+		ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_MODEM_RX]->netdev = NULL;
+		ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_MODEM_TX]->netdev = NULL;
 		free_netdev(netdev);
 	}
 
@@ -276,10 +278,10 @@ int ipa_modem_stop(struct ipa *ipa)
 		/* If it was opened, stop it first */
 		if (netdev->flags & IFF_UP)
 			(void)ipa_stop(netdev);
+		unregister_netdev(netdev);
+		ipa->modem_netdev = NULL;
 		ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_MODEM_RX]->netdev = NULL;
 		ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_MODEM_TX]->netdev = NULL;
-		ipa->modem_netdev = NULL;
-		unregister_netdev(netdev);
 		free_netdev(netdev);
 	}
 
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