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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c8
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);