[PATCH] Fix netpoll cleanup on abort without dev

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Wed Aug 04 2004 - 09:22:59 EST


If netpoll attempts to use a device without polling support, it will
oops when shutting down. This adds a check that we've actually
attached to a device.

Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Index: np/net/core/netpoll.c
===================================================================
--- np.orig/net/core/netpoll.c 2004-08-04 08:50:56.000000000 -0500
+++ np/net/core/netpoll.c 2004-08-04 09:02:50.000000000 -0500
@@ -614,7 +614,8 @@
spin_lock_irqsave(&rx_list_lock, flags);
list_del(&np->rx_list);
#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL_RX
- np->dev->netpoll_rx = 0;
+ if (np->dev)
+ np->dev->netpoll_rx = 0;
#endif
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rx_list_lock, flags);
}


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