Re: [PATCH] pcnet32: VLB support fixes

[David Miller]

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:17:52 +0200

> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] pcnet32: VLB support fixes
> 
> VLB support has been broken since at least 2004-2005 period as some
> changes introduced back then assumed that ->pci_dev is always valid,
> lets try to fix it:
> 
> - remove duplicated SET_NETDEV_DEV() call
> 
> - call SET_NETDEV_DEV() only for PCI devices
> 
> - check for ->pci_dev validity in pcnet32_open()
> 
> [ Alternatively we may consider removing VLB support but there would not
>   be much gain in it since an extra driver code needed for VLB support is
>   minimal and quite simple. ]
> 
> This takes care of the following entry from Dan's list:
> 
> drivers/net/pcnet32.c +1889 pcnet32_probe1(298) warning: variable derefenced before check 'pdev'
> 
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>

Also applied, thanks.
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