netdev - [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Fix early release of login buffer

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Date:   Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:18:30 -0600
From:   Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Fix early release of login buffer

The login buffer is released before the driver can perform
sanity checks between resources the driver requested and what
firmware will provide. Don't release the login buffer until
the sanity check is performed.

Fixes: 34f0f4e3f488 ("ibmvnic: Fix login buffer memory leaks")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 1703b88..340e1ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -3790,7 +3790,6 @@ static int handle_login_rsp(union ibmvnic_crq *login_rsp_crq,
 
 	dma_unmap_single(dev, adapter->login_buf_token, adapter->login_buf_sz,
 			 DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
-	release_login_buffer(adapter);
 	dma_unmap_single(dev, adapter->login_rsp_buf_token,
 			 adapter->login_rsp_buf_sz, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 
@@ -3821,6 +3820,7 @@ static int handle_login_rsp(union ibmvnic_crq *login_rsp_crq,
 		ibmvnic_remove(adapter->vdev);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
+	release_login_buffer(adapter);
 	complete(&adapter->init_done);
 
 	return 0;
-- 
1.8.3.1