netdev - Re: [PATCH] r8169: fix a race between PCI probe and dev

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:55:55 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	jgarzik@...ox.com, Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: fix a race between PCI probe and dev_open



On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Francois Romieu wrote:

> Call chain:
> -> rtl8169_init_one
>    -> register_netdev                  (dev_open starts to race...)
>    -> rtl8169_init_phy
>       -> rtl8169_set_speed
>          -> tp->set_speed
>          -> mod_timer(&tp->timer, ...) (if netif_running() is true)
> 
> As netif_running() is true just before dev->open() is issued and the
> timer is initialized during dev->open, mod_timer() meets an uninitialized
> tp->timer and oopses.

Doesn't this basically mean that *any* use of "rtl8169_set_speed()" is 
buggy?

Anyway, I'm going to wait for somebody smarter than me to ACK this patch. 
Jeff?

		Linus
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