netdev - [PATCH 3/3] cnic: Fix missing ISCSI_KEVENT_IF

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Message-ID: <1401491923-5480-4-git-send-email-mchan@broadcom.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 May 2014 16:18:43 -0700
From:	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] cnic: Fix missing ISCSI_KEVENT_IF_DOWN message

The iSCSI netlink message needs to be sent before the ulp_ops is cleared
as it is sent through a function pointer in the ulp_ops.  This bug
causes iscsid to not get the message when the bnx2i driver is unloaded.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
index 4ebab75..565fb31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
@@ -608,6 +608,10 @@ static int cnic_unregister_device(struct cnic_dev *dev, int ulp_type)
 		pr_err("%s: Bad type %d\n", __func__, ulp_type);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	if (ulp_type == CNIC_ULP_ISCSI)
+		cnic_send_nlmsg(cp, ISCSI_KEVENT_IF_DOWN, NULL);
+
 	mutex_lock(&cnic_lock);
 	if (rcu_dereference(cp->ulp_ops[ulp_type])) {
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(cp->ulp_ops[ulp_type], NULL);
@@ -620,9 +624,7 @@ static int cnic_unregister_device(struct cnic_dev *dev, int ulp_type)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&cnic_lock);
 
-	if (ulp_type == CNIC_ULP_ISCSI)
-		cnic_send_nlmsg(cp, ISCSI_KEVENT_IF_DOWN, NULL);
-	else if (ulp_type == CNIC_ULP_FCOE)
+	if (ulp_type == CNIC_ULP_FCOE)
 		dev->fcoe_cap = NULL;
 
 	synchronize_rcu();
-- 
1.7.1

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