netdev - Re: [PATCH] e100: Fix the TX workqueue race

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Date:	Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:11:27 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e100: Fix the TX workqueue race

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:35:45 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:31:27 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> > I'll apply this to net-2.6, thanks Alan.
> 
> Nevermind...
> 
> Doesn't apply to net-2.6, but even when I fix that up it doesn't
> even compile.  There is no 'dev' variable present etc.
> 
> You even use a combination of "dev" and "netdev" in the resulting
> code block.
> 
> If it doesn't even build, I doubt it's been tested either.

No idea why it won't apply - I guess net has diverged from -next in
this area. Other problem is not typing "stg ref" before "stg export"

(If it doesn't apply I'll look at it next weekend when -next and -net ought to be back in sync ?)


commit 526fb792b745da7c9532725a1a6ecc83a01110cf
Author: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Date:   Sat Apr 24 12:09:23 2010 +0100

    e100: Fix the TX workqueue race
    
    Nothing stops the workqueue being left to run in parallel with close or a
    few other operations. This causes double unmaps and the like.
    
    See kerneloops.org #1041230 for an example
    
    Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index 3e8d000..ef97bfc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 
@@ -2280,8 +2281,13 @@ static void e100_tx_timeout_task(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	netif_printk(nic, tx_err, KERN_DEBUG, nic->netdev,
 		     "scb.status=0x%02X\n", ioread8(&nic->csr->scb.status));
-	e100_down(netdev_priv(netdev));
-	e100_up(netdev_priv(netdev));
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+	if (netif_running(netdev)) {
+		e100_down(netdev_priv(netdev));
+		e100_up(netdev_priv(netdev));
+	}
+	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 static int e100_loopback_test(struct nic *nic, enum loopback loopback_mode)
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