netdev - Re: [patch next 3/4] netxen: fix bonding support

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Message-ID: <m1skd9letu.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:13:01 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com>
Cc:	"netdev\@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch next 3/4] netxen: fix bonding support

Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com> writes:

> Yes, this was a bug until recent times.
>
> It should be fixed in 2.6.32 development cycle by this commit -
> db4cfd8a6149e778befb2ff6e6f91cdc6394cbe6 ("netxen: handle firmware load errors").
>
> This added a check for adapter->is_up before touching txq lock.

Yes.  That should prevent the null pointer deference.  Will it also
allow setting the mac address when the NIC is down?

Eric
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