From: "Lothar Waßmann" <LW@KARO-electronics.de>
To: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@linaro.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: don't munge MAC address from platform data
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:44:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190.7244.156557.313315@ipc1.ka-ro> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111206124857.GB14048@sapphire.tkos.co.il>
Hi,
Baruch Siach writes:
> Hi Lothar,
>
> On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 11:27:13AM +0100, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> > When the MAC address is supplied via platform_data it should be OK as
> > it is and should not be modified in case of a dual FEC setup.
> > Also copying the MAC from platform_data to the single 'macaddr'
> > variable will overwrite the MAC for the first interface in case of a
> > dual FEC setup.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lothar Waßmann <LW@KARO-electronics.de>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c | 2 +-
> > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
> > index e2b5ce6..11534b9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
> > @@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static void __inline__ fec_get_mac(struct net_device *ndev)
> > iap = (unsigned char *)FEC_FLASHMAC;
> > #else
> > if (pdata)
> > - memcpy(iap, pdata->mac, ETH_ALEN);
> > + iap = (unsigned char *)&pdata->mac;
>
> Since pdata might point to __initdata struct, you must hold a copy of its
> content.
>
No. platform_data must be present during the life time of a driver
using it and thus must never be __initdata!
Lothar Waßmann
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-06 13:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-06 10:27 [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-06 10:27 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: misc cleanups Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-06 10:27 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: set con_id in clk_get() call to NULL Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-06 10:27 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: prevent dobule restart of interface on FDX/HDX change Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-06 10:27 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: don't request invalid IRQ Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-06 10:27 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: don't munge MAC address from platform data Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-06 10:27 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: preserve MII/RMII setting in fec_stop() Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-06 10:27 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: fix the .remove code Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-06 10:27 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: make FEC driver buildable as module Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-07 13:28 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: fix the .remove code Shawn Guo
2011-12-07 13:26 ` Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-07 13:43 ` Shawn Guo
2011-12-07 9:41 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: preserve MII/RMII setting in fec_stop() Shawn Guo
2011-12-07 10:42 ` Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-07 10:58 ` Shawn Guo
2011-12-07 10:49 ` Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-07 11:15 ` Shawn Guo
2011-12-07 13:37 ` Shawn Guo
2011-12-06 12:48 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: don't munge MAC address from platform data Baruch Siach
2011-12-06 13:44 ` Lothar Waßmann [this message]
2011-12-07 8:57 ` Shawn Guo
2011-12-07 8:47 ` Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-07 8:49 ` Shawn Guo
2011-12-07 8:47 ` Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-07 9:14 ` Shawn Guo
2011-12-07 8:27 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: don't request invalid IRQ Shawn Guo
2011-12-06 15:24 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: prevent dobule restart of interface on FDX/HDX change Ben Hutchings
2011-12-07 8:26 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: set con_id in clk_get() call to NULL Shawn Guo
2011-12-07 8:25 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: misc cleanups Shawn Guo
2011-12-06 18:17 ` [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c David Miller
2011-12-29 6:38 ` Dirk Behme
2011-12-29 7:14 ` Shawn Guo
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