[PATCH] Fix a data abort with fec_imx
Eric Benard
eric at eukrea.com
Mon Jan 11 09:32:15 EST 2010
From: Eric Benard <ebenard at 1720eb.(none)>
edev was allocated using malloc. On one board (NOR boot), we met data abort
in eth_register (at dev_add_param(dev, &edev->param_ip);).
Allocating edev with xzalloc (as in several other drivers) fixed the problem.
Signed-off-by: Eric Benard <eric at eukrea.com>
---
drivers/net/fec_imx.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/fec_imx.c b/drivers/net/fec_imx.c
index 4893291..49140e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec_imx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec_imx.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static int fec_probe(struct device_d *dev)
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_IMX27
PCCR0 |= PCCR0_FEC_EN;
#endif
- edev = (struct eth_device *)malloc(sizeof(struct eth_device));
+ edev = (struct eth_device *)xzalloc(sizeof(struct eth_device));
dev->type_data = edev;
fec = (struct fec_priv *)malloc(sizeof(*fec));
edev->priv = fec;
--
1.6.3.3
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