* Re: [PATCH] net: thunderx: Fix OOPs with ethtool --register-dump
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@ 2016-08-19 4:16 ` David Miller
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From: David Miller @ 2016-08-19 4:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ddaney.cavm
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, sgoutham, rric, linux-arm-kernel,
david.daney, stable
From: David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:28:17 -0700
> From: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
>
> The ethtool_ops .get_regs function attempts to read the nonexistent
> register NIC_QSET_SQ_0_7_CNM_CHG, which produces a "bus error" type
> OOPs.
>
> Fix by not attempting to read, and removing the definition of,
> NIC_QSET_SQ_0_7_CNM_CHG. A zero is written into the register dump to
> keep the layout unchanged.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
Applied.
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