netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix a race between sky2_down and sky2

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2009 21:07:28 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mike McCormack <mikem@...g3k.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix a race between sky2_down and sky2_poll.

On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:40:12 +0900
Mike McCormack <mikem@...g3k.org> wrote:

> If sky2_down was called between an interrupt and the corresponding sky2_poll,
> rx_ring will have been free'd and we'll crash.
> 
> Deal with rx_ring being NULL in sky2_status_intr rather than trying to force
> napi polls to complete before freeing rx_ring.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike McCormack <mikem@...g3k.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/sky2.c |   17 +++++++++++++++--
>  1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
> index a2ff9cb..1f2a5ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
> @@ -1822,8 +1822,8 @@ static int sky2_down(struct net_device *dev)
>  	ctrl &= ~(GM_GPCR_TX_ENA | GM_GPCR_RX_ENA);
>  	gma_write16(hw, port, GM_GP_CTRL, ctrl);
> 
> -	/* Make sure no packets are pending */
> -	napi_synchronize(&hw->napi);
> +	/* disable soft interrupts */
> +	napi_disable(&hw->napi);
> 
>  	sky2_write8(hw, SK_REG(port, GPHY_CTRL), GPC_RST_SET);
> 
> @@ -1878,6 +1878,9 @@ static int sky2_down(struct net_device *dev)
>  	sky2->rx_ring = NULL;
>  	sky2->tx_ring = NULL;
> 
> +	/* re-enable soft interrupts */
> +	napi_enable(&hw->napi);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> @@ -2372,6 +2375,16 @@ static int sky2_status_intr(struct sky2_hw *hw,
> int to_do, u16 idx)
>  		length = le16_to_cpu(le->length);
>  		status = le32_to_cpu(le->status);
> 
> +		/*
> +		 * rx_ring may have been free'd in sky2_down
> +		 * if we are responding to an interrupt queued to
> +		 * napi before interrupts were disabled
> +		 */
> +		if (!sky2->rx_ring) {
> +			work_done = to_do;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
>  		le->opcode = 0;
>  		switch (opcode & ~HW_OWNER) {
>  		case OP_RXSTAT:

Down is also used during suspend/resume and changing MTU so this needs
more inspection.

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