netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] ethtool: prevent null pointer dereference with NTUPLE set but no set_rx

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:21:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Cc:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] ethtool: prevent null pointer
 dereference with NTUPLE set but no set_rx_ntuple

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:07:22 -0700

> This change is meant to prevent a possible null pointer dereference if
> NETIF_F_NTUPLE is defined but the set_rx_ntuple function pointer is not.
> 
> The main motivation behind this patch is to eventually replace the ntuple
> interfaces entirely with the network flow classifier interfaces.  This
> allows the device drivers to maintain the ntuple check internally while
> using the network flow classifier interface for setting up and displaying
> rules.
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>

Applied.
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