From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: pablo.bitton@gmail.com
Cc: davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2.1] davinci_emac: fix kernel oops when changing MAC address while interface is down
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:14:59 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090707.191459.34042463.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1246947026.3714.9.camel@desktop-002>
From: Pablo Bitton <pablo.bitton@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:10:26 +0300
> Check that network interface is running before changing its MAC address.
> Otherwise, rxch is accessed when it's NULL - causing a kernel oops.
> Moreover, check that the new MAC address is valid.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Bitton <pablo.bitton@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Chaithrika U S <chaithrika@ti.com>
> Tested-by: Chaithrika U S <chaithrika@ti.com>
> [tested on DM6467 EVM]
Applied to net-2.6, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-08 2:14 UTC|newest]
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2009-07-07 6:10 [PATCH v2.1] davinci_emac: fix kernel oops when changing MAC address while interface is down Pablo Bitton
2009-07-08 2:14 ` David Miller [this message]
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