netdev - Re: [PATCH] phylib: fix PAL state machine restart on resume

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Date:	Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:31:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	simon@...uanux.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, sguinot@...ie.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phylib: fix PAL state machine restart on resume

From: Simon Guinot <simon@...uanux.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:12:01 +0200

> From: Simon Guinot <sguinot@...ie.com>
> 
> On resume, before starting the PAL state machine, check if the
> adjust_link() method is well supplied. If not, this would lead to a
> NULL pointer dereference in the phy_state_machine() function.
> 
> This scenario can happen if the Ethernet driver call manually the PHY
> functions instead of using the PAL state machine. The mv643xx_eth driver
> is a such example.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Guinot <sguinot@...ie.com>

Applied, thanks.
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