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* [PATCH net] ixgbevf: fix invalid use of napi_hash_del()
@ 2016-11-16 15:15 Eric Dumazet
  2016-11-16 15:25 ` Eric Dumazet
  2016-11-16 15:26 ` [PATCH v2 net] ixgbevf: fix invalid uses " Eric Dumazet
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Eric Dumazet @ 2016-11-16 15:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev, Jeff Kirsher

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Calling napi_hash_del() before netif_napi_del() is dangerous
if a synchronize_rcu() is not enforced before NAPI struct freeing.

Lets leave this detail to core networking stack to get it right.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 7eaac3234049..30a26e624e5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -2511,9 +2511,6 @@ static int ixgbevf_alloc_q_vectors(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 	while (q_idx) {
 		q_idx--;
 		q_vector = adapter->q_vector[q_idx];
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
-		napi_hash_del(&q_vector->napi);
-#endif
 		netif_napi_del(&q_vector->napi);
 		kfree(q_vector);
 		adapter->q_vector[q_idx] = NULL;

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