netdev - [PATCH] net: sxgbe: Fix NULL dereferece when using DT

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Message-id: <1421286107-9514-1-git-send-email-kgene@kernel.org>
Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:41:47 +0900
From:	Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Dave Miller <davem@...emloft.ne>,
	"Girish K.S" <ks.giri@...sung.com>,
	Byungho An <bh74.an@...sung.com>, Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: sxgbe: Fix NULL dereferece when using DT

From: Girish K.S <ks.giri@...sung.com>

When the MAC address is provided in the device tree file, the
condition is true and kernel crashes due to NULL dereference.

Signed-off-by: Girish K.S <ks.giri@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: Byungho An <bh74.an@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c
index 866560e..b02eed1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c
@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@ static int sxgbe_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Get MAC address if available (DT) */
-	if (mac)
-		ether_addr_copy(priv->dev->dev_addr, mac);
-
 	priv = sxgbe_drv_probe(&(pdev->dev), plat_dat, addr);
 	if (!priv) {
 		pr_err("%s: main driver probe failed\n", __func__);
@@ -125,6 +121,10 @@ static int sxgbe_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_drv_remove;
 	}
 
+	/* Get MAC address if available (DT) */
+	if (mac)
+		ether_addr_copy(priv->dev->dev_addr, mac);
+
 	/* Get the TX/RX IRQ numbers */
 	for (i = 0, chan = 1; i < SXGBE_TX_QUEUES; i++) {
 		priv->txq[i]->irq_no = irq_of_parse_and_map(node, chan++);
-- 
2.0.0

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