b44: early return in dev->do_ioctl when the device is not up
The device has not gone through a whole reset/init sequence until the
device is up. Accessing the mii interface before this point is not
safe.
Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index c8d9b4d..e0ec777 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -1838,12 +1838,15 @@
{
struct mii_ioctl_data *data = if_mii(ifr);
struct b44 *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
- int err;
+ int err = -EINVAL;
+
+ if (!netif_running(dev))
+ goto out;
spin_lock_irq(&bp->lock);
err = generic_mii_ioctl(&bp->mii_if, data, cmd, NULL);
spin_unlock_irq(&bp->lock);
-
+out:
return err;
}