[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ixgbe: always initialize setup_fc

[Tantilov, Emil S]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at lists.osuosl.org] On
>Behalf Of Patrick McLean
>Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 6:31 PM
>To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com>
>Cc: netdev at vger.kernel.org; intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
>Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ixgbe: always initialize setup_fc
>
>In ixgbe_init_mac_link_ops_X550em, the code has a special case for
>backplane media type, but does not fall through to the default case, so the
>setup_fc never gets initialized. This causes a panic when it later tries to
>set up the card, and the kernel dereferences the null pointer.
>
>This patch lets the the function fall through, which initialized setup_fc
>properly.

Why are you resending this patch? I have already submitted a patch to handle this properly:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/646228/

Thanks,
Emil