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ixgbevf: Fix panic when loading driver

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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@intel.com>
Acked-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
Tested-by: Sibai Li <sibai.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Alexander Duyck 2012-07-16 23:44:48 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent ef764a13b8
commit 10cc1bdd5e
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drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
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@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ static bool ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
unsigned int i, eop, count = 0;
unsigned int total_bytes = 0, total_packets = 0;
if (test_bit(__IXGBEVF_DOWN, &adapter->state))
return true;
i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;
eop = tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i].next_to_watch;
eop_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(*tx_ring, eop);