From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vmxnet3: set netdev parant device before calling netdev_info Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:34:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20110721.213431.1027869707534665048.davem@davemloft.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, pv-drivers@vmware.com To: sbhatewara@vmware.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:48115 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750943Ab1GVEec (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:34:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Shreyas Bhatewara Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT) > > Parent device for netdev should be set before netdev_info() can be called > otherwise there is a NULL pointer dereference and probe() fails. > > Signed-off-by: Shreyas N Bhatewara Applied.