netdev - Re: [RFC] slip: not call free_netdev before rtnl_unlock in slip

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Message-ID: <2e9edf1e-5f4f-95d6-4381-6675cded02ac@huawei.com>
Date:   Sun, 16 Feb 2020 13:32:37 +0800
From:   yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>
To:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        maowenan <maowenan@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] slip: not call free_netdev before rtnl_unlock in slip_open

Ping.

On 2020/2/13 17:32, yangerkun wrote:
> As the description before netdev_run_todo, we cannot call free_netdev
> before rtnl_unlock, fix it by reorder the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/slip/slip.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c
> index 6f4d7ba8b109..babb01888b78 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c
> @@ -863,7 +863,10 @@ static int slip_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
>   	tty->disc_data = NULL;
>   	clear_bit(SLF_INUSE, &sl->flags);
>   	sl_free_netdev(sl->dev);
> +	/* do not call free_netdev before rtnl_unlock */
> +	rtnl_unlock();
>   	free_netdev(sl->dev);
> +	return err;
>   
>   err_exit:
>   	rtnl_unlock();
>