netdev - [PATCH 1/1] ibmveth: Fix oops on request

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Date:	Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:33:43 -0500
From:	Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] ibmveth: Fix oops on request_irq failure


If request_irq fails, the ibmveth driver will overwrite
the rc and end up returning a successful rc on its open
function, resulting in an oops later when a packet gets
sent and buffers are not allocated due to the failed open.

Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

 drivers/net/ibmveth.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/net/ibmveth.c~ibmveth_bounce_oops2 drivers/net/ibmveth.c
--- linux-2.6/drivers/net/ibmveth.c~ibmveth_bounce_oops2	2011-09-28 09:53:09.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6-bjking1/drivers/net/ibmveth.c	2011-09-28 09:53:09.000000000 -0500
@@ -636,8 +636,8 @@ static int ibmveth_open(struct net_devic
 		netdev_err(netdev, "unable to request irq 0x%x, rc %d\n",
 			   netdev->irq, rc);
 		do {
-			rc = h_free_logical_lan(adapter->vdev->unit_address);
-		} while (H_IS_LONG_BUSY(rc) || (rc == H_BUSY));
+			lpar_rc = h_free_logical_lan(adapter->vdev->unit_address);
+		} while (H_IS_LONG_BUSY(lpar_rc) || (lpar_rc == H_BUSY));
 
 		goto err_out;
 	}
_
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