netdev - Re: [PATCH] pcnet32: VLB support fixes

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Date:	Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:30:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bzolnier@...il.com
Cc:	pcnet32@...izon.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, error27@...il.com, corbet@....net,
	eteo@...hat.com, julia@...u.dk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pcnet32: VLB support fixes

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:17:52 +0200

> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] pcnet32: VLB support fixes
> 
> VLB support has been broken since at least 2004-2005 period as some
> changes introduced back then assumed that ->pci_dev is always valid,
> lets try to fix it:
> 
> - remove duplicated SET_NETDEV_DEV() call
> 
> - call SET_NETDEV_DEV() only for PCI devices
> 
> - check for ->pci_dev validity in pcnet32_open()
> 
> [ Alternatively we may consider removing VLB support but there would not
>   be much gain in it since an extra driver code needed for VLB support is
>   minimal and quite simple. ]
> 
> This takes care of the following entry from Dan's list:
> 
> drivers/net/pcnet32.c +1889 pcnet32_probe1(298) warning: variable derefenced before check 'pdev'
> 
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>

Also applied, thanks.
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