Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: fix NULL pointer dereference in switch mode

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Feb 01 2017 - 12:06:35 EST


From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:04:04 -0600

> In switch mode on struct cpsw_slave->ndev field will be initialized with
> proper value only for the one cpsw slave port, as result
> cpsw_get_usage_count() will generate "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
> dereference" exception when first ethernet interface is opening
> cpsw_ndo_open(). This issue causes boot regression on AM335x EVM and
> reproducible on am57xx-evm (switch mode).
> Fix it by adding additional check for !cpsw->slaves[i].ndev in
> cpsw_get_usage_count().
>
> Cc: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> fixes: 03fd01ad0eea ("net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: don't duplicate ndev_running")

Please capitalize "Fixes: " in the future.

> Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.