netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ibmveth: Fix oops on request

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Date:	Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:34:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ibmveth: Fix oops on request_irq failure

From: Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:33:43 -0500

> 
> If request_irq fails, the ibmveth driver will overwrite
> the rc and end up returning a successful rc on its open
> function, resulting in an oops later when a packet gets
> sent and buffers are not allocated due to the failed open.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied.
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