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

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Message-ID: <7608421F3572AB4292BB2532AE89D5658B0B6E4F95@AVEXMB1.qlogic.org>
Date:	Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:06:08 -0700
From:	Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [patch next 3/4] netxen: fix bonding support

Eric,

Thanks for reporting and verifying.

-Dhananjay
________________________________________
From: Eric W. Biederman [ebiederm@...ssion.com]
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 10:50 PM
To: Dhananjay Phadke
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch next 3/4] netxen: fix bonding support

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

>> Yes.  That should prevent the null pointer deference.  Will it also
>> allow setting the mac address when the NIC is down?
>>
>> Eric
>
> Yes, we do save new address in netdev->dev_addr.
> This is later on programmed in hardware when interface is brought up.

Yep. Thanks.  I just tested it and confirmed the crash is no longer there.

Eric
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