2008-02-02 01:36:47

by Oliver Pinter

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Subject: [2.6.22.y] {10/17} - via-velocity-dont-oops-on-mtu-change-1 - series for stable kernel #2

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2008-02-06 23:08:10

by Oliver Pinter

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Subject: Re: [2.6.22.y] {10/17} - via-velocity-dont-oops-on-mtu-change-1 - series for stable kernel #2

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From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:47:27 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: [VIA_VELOCITY]: Don't oops on MTU change.
Patch-mainline: v2.6.24-rc3
References: 341537

[VIA_VELOCITY]: Don't oops on MTU change.

Simple mtu change when device is down.
Fix http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9382.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Jeff Mahoney <[email protected]>
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drivers/net/via-velocity.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c 2008-01-03 15:18:35.000000000 -0500
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c 2008-01-03 15:18:50.000000000 -0500
@@ -1798,6 +1798,11 @@ static int velocity_change_mtu(struct ne
return -EINVAL;
}

+ if (!netif_running(dev)) {
+ dev->mtu = new_mtu;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
if (new_mtu != oldmtu) {
spin_lock_irqsave(&vptr->lock, flags);



On 2/2/08, Oliver Pinter (Pint?r Oliv?r) <[email protected]> wrote:
> mainline: bd7b3f34198071d8bec05180530c362f1800ba46
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> Thanks,
> Oliver
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Oliver