netdev.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] ibmveth: Disable tx queue while changing mtu
Date: Tue,  9 Aug 2016 12:47:37 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1470764857-7714-1-git-send-email-tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)

If the device is running while the MTU is changed, ibmveth
is closed and the bounce buffer is freed. If a transmission
is sent before ibmveth can be reopened, ibmveth_start_xmit
tries to copy to the null bounce buffer, leading to a kernel
oops. The proposed solution disables the tx queue until
ibmveth is restarted.

Reported-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index ebe6071..9a74e4c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -1362,6 +1362,7 @@ static int ibmveth_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 	/* Deactivate all the buffer pools so that the next loop can activate
 	   only the buffer pools necessary to hold the new MTU */
 	if (netif_running(adapter->netdev)) {
+		netif_tx_disable(dev);
 		need_restart = 1;
 		adapter->pool_config = 1;
 		ibmveth_close(adapter->netdev);
@@ -1378,14 +1379,18 @@ static int ibmveth_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 						ibmveth_get_desired_dma
 						(viodev));
 			if (need_restart) {
-				return ibmveth_open(adapter->netdev);
+				rc = ibmveth_open(adapter->netdev);
+				netif_wake_queue(dev);
+				return rc;
 			}
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (need_restart && (rc = ibmveth_open(adapter->netdev)))
+	if (need_restart && (rc = ibmveth_open(adapter->netdev))) {
+		netif_wake_queue(dev);
 		return rc;
+	}
 
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
-- 
2.4.11

             reply	other threads:[~2016-08-09 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-09 17:47 Thomas Falcon [this message]
2016-08-09 22:13 ` [PATCH net] ibmveth: Disable tx queue while changing mtu David Miller

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=1470764857-7714-1-git-send-email-tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com \
    --to=tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com \
    --cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).