From: Pablo Bitton <pablo.bitton@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 02:11:10 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: davinci_emac: fix kernel oops when changing MAC address while interface is down
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.31-rc3~40^2~9
X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=64c8165b44a91c09b19afb4110610ed242286639;p=pandora-kernel.git

davinci_emac: fix kernel oops when changing MAC address while interface is down

Check that network interface is running before changing its MAC address.
Otherwise, rxch is accessed when it's NULL - causing a kernel oops.
Moreover, check that the new MAC address is valid.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Bitton <pablo.bitton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Chaithrika U S <chaithrika@ti.com>
Tested-by: Chaithrika U S <chaithrika@ti.com>
[tested on DM6467 EVM]
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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