netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v2] ice: prevent call trace during reload

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Message-ID: <c3c7bd46-5fbb-b11c-2f6b-ab108d1ee1d0@molgen.mpg.de>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 11:33:55 +0200
From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v2] ice: prevent call trace
 during reload

Dear Michal,


Thank you for your patch.


Am 05.07.23 um 06:05 schrieb Michal Swiatkowski:
> Calling ethtool during reload can lead to call trace, because VSI isn't
> configured for some time, but netdev is alive.

[…]

> Call trace before fix:
> [66303.926205] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000

[…]

I’d be more specific in the commit message summary/title:

ice: prevent NULL pointer deref during reload

[…]


Kind regards,

Paul