netdev - Re: [PATCH resend] virtio_net: Fix oops on early interrupts

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Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:51:22 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
CC:	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] virtio_net: Fix oops on early interrupts - introduced
 by virtio reset code

Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> Am Montag, 11. Februar 2008 schrieb Anthony Liguori:
>> The reset support is in Linus's tree so we should try to push it for -rc2.
> 
> You are right. My repository was borked. will push it to Jeff Garzik. Thanks
> 
> Jeff can you schedule this fix into your network driver updates? Thanks
> ---
> 
> 
> With the latest virtio_reset patches I got the following oops:
> 
> Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference at virtual kernel address 0000000000000000
> Oops: 0004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 1 Not tainted 2.6.24zlive-guest-10577-g63f5307-dirty #168
> Process swapper (pid: 0, task: 000000000f866040, ksp: 000000000f86fd78)
> Krnl PSW : 0404100180000000 000000000047598a (skb_recv_done+0x52/0x98)
>            R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:0 CC:1 PM:0 EA:3
> Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 000000000efd0e60 0000000000000001
>            0000000000000000 000000000f866040 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
>            00000000008de4c8 0000000000001237 0000000000001237 000000000f977dd8
>            0000000000000020 00000000001132bc 000000000f977e08 000000000f977dd8
> Krnl Code: 000000000047597c: e31040300004       lg      %r1,48(%r4)
>            0000000000475982: b9040001           lgr     %r0,%r1
>            0000000000475986: b9810003           ogr     %r0,%r3
>           >000000000047598a: eb1040300030       csg     %r1,%r0,48(%r4)
>            0000000000475990: a744fff9           brc     4,475982
>            0000000000475994: a7110001           tmll    %r1,1
>            0000000000475998: a7840009           brc     8,4759aa
>            000000000047599c: e340b0b80004       lg      %r4,184(%r11)
> Call Trace:
> ([<000001500f978000>] 0x1500f978000)
>  [<00000000004779a6>] vring_interrupt+0x72/0x88
>  [<0000000000491d9c>] kvm_extint_handler+0x34/0x44
>  [<000000000010d2d4>] do_extint+0xc0/0xfc
>  [<0000000000113b5a>] ext_no_vtime+0x1c/0x20
>  [<000000000010a0b6>] cpu_idle+0x21a/0x230
> ([<000000000010a096>] cpu_idle+0x1fa/0x230)
>  [<000000000057dfe4>] start_secondary+0xa0/0xb4
> 
> We must initialize vdev->priv before we use the notify hypercall as 
> vdev->priv is used in skb_recv_done. So lets move the assignment of 
> vdev->priv before we call try_fill_recv.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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