netdev - [UPDATED PATCH 2/7] igb: fix null pointer dereference seen with fiber NICs

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Date:	Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:59:46 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	jeff@...zik.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [UPDATED PATCH 2/7] igb: fix null pointer dereference seen with fiber
	NICs

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>

With a fiber or serdes NIC installed the driver was causing a null pointer
dereference on driver unload.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index f23a048..cfed2b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -1372,7 +1372,8 @@ static void __devexit igb_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	unregister_netdev(netdev);
 
-	if (!igb_check_reset_block(&adapter->hw))
+	if (adapter->hw.phy.ops.reset_phy &&
+	    !igb_check_reset_block(&adapter->hw))
 		adapter->hw.phy.ops.reset_phy(&adapter->hw);
 
 	igb_remove_device(&adapter->hw);

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