> + if (trigger_data->net_dev != NULL) { > + struct ethtool_link_ksettings cmd; > + cmd is a stack variable, so contains random junk: > trigger_data->carrier_link_up = netif_carrier_ok(trigger_data->net_dev); > > + if (trigger_data->carrier_link_up) { > + rtnl_lock(); > + __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(trigger_data->net_dev, &cmd); /* Internal kernel helper to query a device ethtool_link_settings. */ int __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_link_ksettings *link_ksettings) { ASSERT_RTNL(); if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_link_ksettings) return -EOPNOTSUPP; If the op is not implemented, it just returns. > + rtnl_unlock(); > + > + trigger_data->link_speed = cmd.base.speed; and now you are accessing the random junk. > + __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(trigger_data->net_dev, &cmd); > + > + trigger_data->link_speed = cmd.base.speed; You have this code three times. I suggest you pull it out into a little helper, and within the helper, deal with the return code, and set speed to 0 if it is unknown. Andrew