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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c index 6cc334035e07..dd4ca39d5d8f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c @@ -3031,6 +3031,14 @@ fec_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, void *p) memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ndev->addr_len); } + /* Add netif status check here to avoid system hang in below case: + * ifconfig ethx down; ifconfig ethx hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx; + * After ethx down, fec all clocks are gated off and then register + * access causes system hang. + */ + if (!netif_running(ndev)) + return 0; + writel(ndev->dev_addr[3] | (ndev->dev_addr[2] << 8) | (ndev->dev_addr[1] << 16) | (ndev->dev_addr[0] << 24), fep->hwp + FEC_ADDR_LOW); |