netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4 1/1] mlxbf_gige: Fix kernel panic at shutdown

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Message-ID: <20230726092722.649a15ef@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:27:22 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@...dia.com>
Cc: <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
 <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>, <olteanv@...il.com>,
 <davthompson@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4 1/1] mlxbf_gige: Fix kernel panic at shutdown

On Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:19:56 -0400 Asmaa Mnebhi wrote:
> There is a race condition happening during shutdown due to pending
> napi transactions. Since mlxbf_gige_poll is still running, it tries
> to access a NULL pointer and as a result causes a kernel panic.
> To fix this during shutdown, invoke mlxbf_gige_remove to disable and
> dequeue napi.
> 
> Fixes: f92e1869d74e ("Add Mellanox BlueField Gigabit Ethernet driver")
> Signed-off-by: Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@...dia.com>

Asmaa, you need to reply to Vladimir, I'm dropping this patch :(
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