A zero pointer deref on priv->phydev->link was causing oops on our systems. Might be related to improper configuration but we should fail gracefully here ;-)
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Poehn <sebastian.po...@googlemail.com> --- diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c index 83b1030..bc8c503 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c @@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ static void cvm_oct_adjust_link(struct net_device *dev) struct octeon_ethernet *priv = netdev_priv(dev); cvmx_helper_link_info_t link_info; + if(!priv->phydev) + return ; + if (priv->last_link != priv->phydev->link) { priv->last_link = priv->phydev->link; link_info.u64 = 0; _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel