Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 19:32:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: review request. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109231931230.3806-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <200109231714.f8NHE5080834@prism.flugsvamp.com>
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > >sys/net/if.c and bpf.c have problems with if_detach() and > >bpfdetach() when they are called with a struct ifnet that has not had > >if_attach() and bpfattach() called on it. Null pointer reference -> > >*boom* etc. > > I would say that this is to be expected. Why is the system calling > the detach functions on a device that isn't attached in the first > place? Driver mistake, but I see no reason why these functions shouldn't handle this gracefully. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | For Great Justice! | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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