Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] BNX2: fix a Null Pointer for stats_blk

From: Weidong Wang <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:53:26 +0800

On 2015/9/24 13:34, David Miller wrote:
> From: Weidong Wang <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 10:00:45 +0800
> 
>> It does affect the intention. Although, the problem exists then makes the
>> system panic within some case.
>>
>> Do you have any idea about it?
> 
> Allocate the statistics block at probe time so that this problem is
> impossible.
> 

It is a good idea.

Yet, what is the intention of the dynamic to alloc/free stats_block?
what will be affected by allocating the statistics block.

Best Regards,
Weidong