From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Flavio Leitner Subject: [PATCH] bnx2: do not start the interface if reset fails Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:54:50 -0300 Message-ID: <1310579690-24622-1-git-send-email-fbl@redhat.com> Cc: Flavio Leitner To: netdev , Michael Chan Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:31652 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932320Ab1GMRzF (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:55:05 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: When bnx2_reset_task() is called, it will stop, (re)initialize and start the interface to restore the working condition. The bnx2_init_nic() calls bnx2_reset_nic() which will reset the chip and then call bnx2_free_skbs() to free all the skbs. The problem happens when bnx2_init_chip() fails because bnx2_reset_nic() will just return skipping the ring initializations at bnx2_init_all_rings(). Later, the reset task starts the interface again and the system crashes due a NULL pointer access (no skb in the ring). This patch just check the return code and if an error is reported, warn the user and abort. It's better to have a non working interface than a crash. Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner --- drivers/net/bnx2.c | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/bnx2.c index 7915d14..7fb71fc 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bnx2.c +++ b/drivers/net/bnx2.c @@ -6296,6 +6296,7 @@ static void bnx2_reset_task(struct work_struct *work) { struct bnx2 *bp = container_of(work, struct bnx2, reset_task); + int rc; rtnl_lock(); if (!netif_running(bp->dev)) { @@ -6305,10 +6306,15 @@ bnx2_reset_task(struct work_struct *work) bnx2_netif_stop(bp, true); - bnx2_init_nic(bp, 1); + rc = bnx2_init_nic(bp, 1); + if (rc) { + netdev_err(bp->dev, "failed to reset the NIC, aborting\n"); + goto out; + } atomic_set(&bp->intr_sem, 1); bnx2_netif_start(bp, true); +out: rtnl_unlock(); } -- 1.7.6