netdev - [PATCH 1/2] sh_eth: check platform data pointer

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Date:	Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:23:29 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	nobuhiro.iwamatsu.yj@...esas.com, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] sh_eth: check platform data pointer

Check the platform data pointer before dereferencing it and error out of the
probe() method if it's NULL.

This has additional effect of preventing kernel oops with outdated platform data
containing zero PHY address instead (such as on SolutionEngine7710).

Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>

---
This patch is against Dave's 'net-next.git' repo.

 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Index: net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
===================================================================
--- net-next.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -2653,6 +2653,12 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_probe(struct platf
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_resume(&pdev->dev);
 
+	if (!pd) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no platform data\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_release;
+	}
+
 	/* get PHY ID */
 	mdp->phy_id = pd->phy;
 	mdp->phy_interface = pd->phy_interface;
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