netdev - [PATCH 2/2] xen-netback: cancel the credit timer when taking the vif down

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Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:18:58 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	<xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>
CC:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...rix.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] xen-netback: cancel the credit timer when taking the vif down

From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>

If the credit timer is left armed after calling
xen_netbk_remove_xenvif(), then it may fire and attempt to schedule
the vif which will then oops as vif->netbk == NULL.

This may happen both in the fatal error path and during normal
disconnection from the front end.

The sequencing during shutdown is critical to ensure that: a)
vif->netbk doesn't become unexpectedly NULL; and b) the net device/vif
is not freed.

1. Mark as unschedulable (netif_carrier_off()).
2. Synchronously cancel the timer.
3. Remove the vif from the schedule list.
4. Remove it from it netback thread group.
5. Wait for vif->refcnt to become 0.

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index b8c5193..221f426 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ static void xenvif_up(struct xenvif *vif)
 static void xenvif_down(struct xenvif *vif)
 {
 	disable_irq(vif->irq);
+	del_timer_sync(&vif->credit_timeout);
 	xen_netbk_deschedule_xenvif(vif);
 	xen_netbk_remove_xenvif(vif);
 }
@@ -363,8 +364,6 @@ void xenvif_disconnect(struct xenvif *vif)
 	atomic_dec(&vif->refcnt);
 	wait_event(vif->waiting_to_free, atomic_read(&vif->refcnt) == 0);
 
-	del_timer_sync(&vif->credit_timeout);
-
 	if (vif->irq)
 		unbind_from_irqhandler(vif->irq, vif);
 
-- 
1.7.2.5

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