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

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Message-ID: <ZKZiqTzTvE4pATqg@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 08:43:53 +0200
From: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
To: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
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

On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 11:33:55AM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> 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
> 

Will change

Thanks,
Michal

> […]
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Paul