From 2d5d4154650459b61a8e7097d186a89d89dab8ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@emulex.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 05:53:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] be2net: Fix a potential crash during shutdown.

adapter could remain uninitialized if probe fails for some reason.
A null pointer access could cause a crash if be_shutdown
is called after that.

Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/benet/be_main.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
index a71163f1e34b..6e8e211d8afe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
@@ -3141,12 +3141,14 @@ static int be_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 static void be_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct be_adapter *adapter = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	struct net_device *netdev =  adapter->netdev;
 
-	if (netif_running(netdev))
+	if (!adapter)
+		return;
+
+	if (netif_running(adapter->netdev))
 		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adapter->work);
 
-	netif_device_detach(netdev);
+	netif_device_detach(adapter->netdev);
 
 	be_cmd_reset_function(adapter);
 
-- 
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