netdev - Re: [net] ixgbevf: Fix panic when loading driver

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Message-Id: <20120717.025712.301877208665987955.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:57:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net] ixgbevf: Fix panic when loading driver

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:44:48 -0700

> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> 
> This patch addresses a kernel panic seen when setting up the interface.
> Specifically we see a NULL pointer dereference on the Tx descriptor cleanup
> path when enabling interrupts.  This change corrects that so it cannot
> occur.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> Acked-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
> Tested-by: Sibai Li <sibai.li@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied, thanks Jeff.
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