From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: steve.glendinning@smsc.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smsc9420: prevent BUG() if ethtool is called with interface down
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:15:13 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091129.231513.230862834.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1259166116-5036-1-git-send-email-steve.glendinning@smsc.com>
From: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:21:56 +0000
> This patch fixes a null pointer dereference BUG() if ethtool is used on
> an smsc9420 interface while it is down, because the phy_dev is only
> allocated while the interface is up.
>
> Please also consider for -stable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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2009-11-25 16:21 [PATCH] smsc9420: prevent BUG() if ethtool is called with interface down Steve Glendinning
2009-11-30 7:15 ` David Miller [this message]
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