Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:44:01 +1100 (EST) | From | Neale Banks <> | Subject | [PATCH][2.2] eepro100 - gracefully handle init_etherdev failure |
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Greetings,
Appended patch against 2.2.21pre2 is for eepro100 to gracefully handle the case where init_etherdev() returns NULL.
BTW, in testing this the unpatched eepro100 driver module apeared to get wedged in an initialising status - is this normal?
Regards, Neale.
--- linux-2.2.21-pre2-pristine/drivers/net/eepro100.c Mon Mar 26 02:37:34 2001 +++ linux-2.2.21-pre2-ntb/drivers/net/eepro100.c Mon Jan 21 21:40:38 2002 @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Changed command completion time and added debug info as to which CMD timed out. Problem reported by: "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> + 2002 Jan 21 Neale Banks <neale@lowendale.com.au> + Gracefully handle the case where init_etherdev() returns NULL */ /*#define USE_IO*/ @@ -698,6 +700,11 @@ #endif dev = init_etherdev(NULL, sizeof(struct speedo_private)); + + if (dev == NULL) { + printk(KERN_ERR "eepro100: Unable to allocate net_device structure!\n"); + return NULL; + } if (dev->mem_start > 0) option = dev->mem_start; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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