Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6:
  ipv4: make default for INET_LRO consistent with help text
  net: fix skb_seq_read returning wrong offset/length for page frag data
  pkt_sched: gen_estimator: use 64 bit intermediate counters for bps
  be2net: add two new pci device ids to pci device table
  sch_teql: should not dereference skb after ndo_start_xmit()
  tcp: fix MSG_PEEK race check
  Doc: fixed descriptions on /proc/sys/net/core/* and /proc/sys/net/unix/*
  Neterion: *FIFO1_DMA_ERR set twice, should 2nd be *FIFO2_DMA_ERR?
  mv643xx_eth: fix PPC DMA breakage
  bonding: fix link down handling in 802.3ad mode
  bridge: fix initial packet flood if !STP
  bridge: relay bridge multicast pkgs if !STP
  NET: Meth: Fix unsafe mix of irq and non-irq spinlocks.
  mlx4_en: Fix not deleted napi structures
  ipconfig: handle case of delayed DHCP server
  netpoll: don't dereference NULL dev from np
  wimax/i2400m: fix device crash: fix optimization in _roq_queue_update_ws

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index b5873bdff612..64f51eec6576 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -175,9 +175,13 @@ static void service_arp_queue(struct netpoll_info *npi)
 void netpoll_poll(struct netpoll *np)
 {
         struct net_device *dev = np->dev;
-        const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+        const struct net_device_ops *ops;
+
+        if (!dev || !netif_running(dev))
+                return;
 
-        if (!dev || !netif_running(dev) || !ops->ndo_poll_controller)
+        ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+        if (!ops->ndo_poll_controller)
                 return;
 
         /* Process pending work on NIC */