From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sergei Shtylyov Subject: Re: [PATCH] FS_ENET: Don't attempt to set mii_speed when fec_inf is null Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:29:16 +0400 Message-ID: <48655BAC.8080800@ru.mvista.com> References: <20080627192651.GA28291@curtisfong.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Nye Liu Return-path: Received: from h155.mvista.com ([63.81.120.155]:61224 "EHLO imap.sh.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758583AbYF0V3X (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:29:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080627192651.GA28291@curtisfong.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello. Nye Liu wrote: > From: Nye Liu > > When using CONFIG_FIXED_PHY, fec_inf (fep->phydev->bus->priv) is NULL in > fs_enet/mac-fec.c restart(). Dereferencing fec_inf when trying to set the > mii_speed causes a kernel oops. > > Signed-off-by: Nye Liu > > --- > > diff --git a/drivers/net/fs_enet/mac-fec.c b/drivers/net/fs_enet/mac-fec.c > index 8a311d1..350bc73 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/fs_enet/mac-fec.c > +++ b/drivers/net/fs_enet/mac-fec.c > @@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ static void restart(struct net_device *dev) > /* > * Set MII speed. > */ > - FW(fecp, mii_speed, fec_inf->mii_speed); > + if (fec_inf) > + FW(fecp, mii_speed, fec_inf->mii_speed); > Alas, Your patch is whitespace damaged. WBR, Sergei