linux-kernel - [ 041/187] xen/netfront: teardown the device before unregistering it.

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:33:17 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	George Shuklin <george.shuklin@...il.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	William Dauchy <wdauchy@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, stable@...nel.org,
	675190@...s.debian.org
Subject: [ 041/187] xen/netfront: teardown the device before unregistering it.

From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------


From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>

[ Upstream commit 6bc96d047fe32d76ef79f3195c52a542edf7c705 ]

Fixes:
[   15.470311] WARNING: at /local/scratch/ianc/devel/kernels/linux/fs/sysfs/file.c:498 sysfs_attr_ns+0x95/0xa0()
[   15.470326] sysfs: kobject eth0 without dirent
[   15.470333] Modules linked in:
[   15.470342] Pid: 12, comm: xenwatch Not tainted 3.4.0-x86_32p-xenU #93
and
[    9.150554] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 2b359000
[    9.150577] IP: [<c1279561>] linkwatch_do_dev+0x81/0xc0
[    9.150592] *pdpt = 000000002c3c9027 *pde = 0000000000000000
[    9.150604] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
[    9.150613] Modules linked in:

This is http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=675190

Reported-by: George Shuklin <george.shuklin@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
Tested-by: William Dauchy <wdauchy@...il.com>
Cc: stable@...nel.org
Cc: 675190@...s.debian.org
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1935,14 +1935,14 @@ static int __devexit xennet_remove(struc
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "%s\n", dev->nodename);
 
-	unregister_netdev(info->netdev);
-
 	xennet_disconnect_backend(info);
 
-	del_timer_sync(&info->rx_refill_timer);
-
 	xennet_sysfs_delif(info->netdev);
 
+	unregister_netdev(info->netdev);
+
+	del_timer_sync(&info->rx_refill_timer);
+
 	free_percpu(info->stats);
 
 	free_netdev(info->netdev);


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