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: (42 commits)
  b44: Fix wedge when using netconsole.
  wan: cosa: drop chan->wsem on error path
  ep93xx-eth: check for zero MAC address on probe, not on device open
  NET: smc91x: Fix irq flags
  smsc9420: prevent BUG() if ethtool is called with interface down
  r8169: restore mac addr in rtl8169_remove_one and rtl_shutdown
  ipv4: additional update of dev_net(dev) to struct *net in ip_fragment.c, NULL ptr OOPS
  e100: Use pci pool to work around GFP_ATOMIC order 5 memory allocation failure
  sctp: on T3_RTX retransmit all the in-flight chunks
  pktgen: Fix netdevice unregister
  macvlan: fix gso_max_size setting
  rfkill: fix miscdev ops
  ath9k: set ps_default as false
  hso: fix soft-lockup
  hso: fix debug routines
  pktgen: Fix device name compares
  stmmac: do not fail when the timer cannot be used.
  stmmac: fixed a compilation error when use the external timer
  netfilter: xt_limit: fix invalid return code in limit_mt_check()
  Au1x00: fix crash when trying register_netdev()
  ...

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
index b4909a2dec66..0f7909276237 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ static int smsc9420_ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev,
 {
         struct smsc9420_pdata *pd = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+        if (!pd->phy_dev)
+                return -ENODEV;
+
         cmd->maxtxpkt = 1;
         cmd->maxrxpkt = 1;
         return phy_ethtool_gset(pd->phy_dev, cmd);
@@ -262,6 +265,9 @@ static int smsc9420_ethtool_set_settings(struct net_device *dev,
 {
         struct smsc9420_pdata *pd = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+        if (!pd->phy_dev)
+                return -ENODEV;
+
         return phy_ethtool_sset(pd->phy_dev, cmd);
 }
 
@@ -290,6 +296,10 @@ static void smsc9420_ethtool_set_msglevel(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data)
 static int smsc9420_ethtool_nway_reset(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
         struct smsc9420_pdata *pd = netdev_priv(netdev);
+
+        if (!pd->phy_dev)
+                return -ENODEV;
+
         return phy_start_aneg(pd->phy_dev);
 }
 
@@ -312,6 +322,10 @@ smsc9420_ethtool_getregs(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_regs *regs,
         for (i = 0; i < 0x100; i += (sizeof(u32)))
                 data[j++] = smsc9420_reg_read(pd, i);
 
+        // cannot read phy registers if the net device is down
+        if (!phy_dev)
+                return;
+
         for (i = 0; i <= 31; i++)
                 data[j++] = smsc9420_mii_read(phy_dev->bus, phy_dev->addr, i);
 }