netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: davinci_emac: Fix devioctl while in fixed link

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:37:30 +0530
From:	Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>
To:	Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Brian Hutchinson <b.hutchman@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: davinci_emac: Fix devioctl while in fixed
 link

On Monday 25 April 2016 11:11 PM, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> When configured in fixed link, the DaVinci emac driver sets the
> priv->phydev to NULL and further ioctl calls to the phy_mii_ioctl()
> causes the kernel to crash.
> 
> Cc: Brian Hutchinson <b.hutchman@...il.com>
> Fixes: 1bb6aa56bb38 ("net: davinci_emac: Add support for fixed-link PHY")
> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>

Reviewed-by: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>

Regards
Mugunthan V N