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Message-Id: <20080215.020212.202401321.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:02:12 -0800 (PST)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com
Cc: mpm@...enic.com, satyam.sharma@...il.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netconsole: avoid null pointer dereference at
show_local_mac()
From: Keiichi KII <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:45:48 +0900
> This patch avoids a null pointer dereference when we read local_mac
> for netconsole in configfs and shows default local mac address
> value.
>
> A null pointer dereference occurs when we call show_local_mac() via
> local_mac entry in configfs before we setup the content of netpoll
> using netpoll_setup().
>
> This patch is for 2.6.25-rc1.
> Your comments are very welcome.
>
> Signed-off-by: Keiichi KII <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>
Patch applied, thank you.
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