From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:32:42 +0200
> pci_set_drvdata() is called only after registering the net_device, > therefore we could run into a NPE if one of the functions using > driver_data is called before it's set. > > Fix this by calling pci_set_drvdata() before registering the > net_device. > > This fix is a candidate for stable. As far as I can see the > bug has been there in kernel version 3.2 already, therefore > I can't provide a reference which commit is fixed by it. > > The fix may need small adjustments per kernel version because > due to other changes the label which is jumped to if > register_netdev() fails has changed over time. > > Reported-by: David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> > Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com> I agree with the fix (well, I better, I suggested it :-) But this doesn't apply cleanly to the net tree, please respin. Thank you.
