netdev - [PATCH net 1/4] bnxt_en: Initialize CP doorbell value before ring allocation

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Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:46:04 -0400
From:	Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 1/4] bnxt_en: Initialize CP doorbell value before ring allocation

From: Prashant Sreedharan <prashant@...adcom.com>

The existing code does the following:
    allocate completion ring
    initialize completion ring doorbell
    disable interrupts on this completion ring by writing to the doorbell

We can have a race where firmware sends an asynchronous event to the host
after completion ring allocation and before doorbell is initialized.
When this happens driver can crash while ringing the doorbell using
uninitialized value as part of handling the IRQ/napi request.

Signed-off-by: Prashant Sreedharan <prashant.sreedharan@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index aabbd51..c92053c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -3391,11 +3391,11 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_ring_alloc(struct bnxt *bp)
 		struct bnxt_cp_ring_info *cpr = &bnapi->cp_ring;
 		struct bnxt_ring_struct *ring = &cpr->cp_ring_struct;
 
+		cpr->cp_doorbell = bp->bar1 + i * 0x80;
 		rc = hwrm_ring_alloc_send_msg(bp, ring, HWRM_RING_ALLOC_CMPL, i,
 					      INVALID_STATS_CTX_ID);
 		if (rc)
 			goto err_out;
-		cpr->cp_doorbell = bp->bar1 + i * 0x80;
 		BNXT_CP_DB(cpr->cp_doorbell, cpr->cp_raw_cons);
 		bp->grp_info[i].cp_fw_ring_id = ring->fw_ring_id;
 	}
-- 
1.8.3.1