netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] tg3: prevent ifup/ifdown during PCI error recovery

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Date:	Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:02:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ivecera@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, prashant@...adcom.com, mchan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] tg3: prevent ifup/ifdown during PCI error
 recovery

From: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
Date: Mon,  1 Sep 2014 14:21:57 +0200

> The patch fixes race conditions between PCI error recovery callbacks and
> potential ifup/ifdown.
> 
> First, if ifup (tg3_open) is called between tg3_io_error_detected() and
> tg3_io_resume() then tp->timer is armed twice before expiry. Once during
> tg3_open() and again during tg3_io_resume(). This results in BUG
> at kernel/time/timer.c:945.
> 
> Second, if ifdown (tg3_close) is called between tg3_io_error_detected()
> and tg3_io_resume() then tg3_napi_disable() is called twice without
> a tg3_napi_enable between. Once during tg3_io_error_detected() and again
> during tg3_close(). The tg3_io_resume() then hangs on rtnl_lock().
> 
> v2: Added logging messages per Prashant's request
> 
> Cc: Prashant Sreedharan <prashant@...adcom.com>
> Cc: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.
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