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If a network interface is created prior to the SFP socket being available, ethtool can request module information. This unfortunately leads to an oops: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008 pgd = (ptrval) [00000008] *pgd=7c400831, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] SMP ARM Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 1480 Comm: ethtool Not tainted 4.19.0-rc3 #138 Hardware name: Broadcom Northstar Plus SoC PC is at sfp_get_module_info+0x8/0x10 LR is at dev_ethtool+0x218c/0x2afc Fix this by not filling in the network device's SFP bus pointer until SFP is fully bound, thereby avoiding the core calling into the SFP bus code. Fixes: ce0aa27ff3f6 ("sfp: add sfp-bus to bridge between network devices and sfp cages") Reported-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.