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From: "Vlad Zolotarov" <vladz@broadcom.com>
To: "Dave Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@broadcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] bnx2x: Prevent restarting Tx during bnx2x_nic_unload
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 10:52:37 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201108021052.37368.vladz@broadcom.com> (raw)

Tx queues were stopped before  bp->state was changed to a value different 
from BNX2X_STATE_OPEN, which allowed the bnx2x_tx_int() called from the 
NAPI context to re-enable it. This then allowed the netdev->ndo_start_xmit() 
to be called in the middle of the function reset and rings freeing. 

This patch changes bp->state to a value different 
from BNX2X_STATE_OPEN BEFORE disabling the Tx queues in order to restore the
broken protection against the above race in the bnx2x_tx_int().

Signed-off-by: Vladislav Zolotarov <vladz@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c |   10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
index 5b0dba6..d724a18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -1989,14 +1989,20 @@ int bnx2x_nic_unload(struct bnx2x *bp, int unload_mode)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * It's important to set the bp->state to the value different from
+	 * BNX2X_STATE_OPEN and only then stop the Tx. Otherwise bnx2x_tx_int()
+	 * may restart the Tx from the NAPI context (see bnx2x_tx_int()).
+	 */
+	bp->state = BNX2X_STATE_CLOSING_WAIT4_HALT;
+	smp_mb();
+
 	/* Stop Tx */
 	bnx2x_tx_disable(bp);
 
 #ifdef BCM_CNIC
 	bnx2x_cnic_notify(bp, CNIC_CTL_STOP_CMD);
 #endif
-	bp->state = BNX2X_STATE_CLOSING_WAIT4_HALT;
-	smp_mb();
 
 	bp->rx_mode = BNX2X_RX_MODE_NONE;
 
-- 
1.7.4.1



             reply	other threads:[~2011-08-02  7:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-02  7:52 Vlad Zolotarov [this message]
2011-08-02  8:35 ` [PATCH net] bnx2x: Prevent restarting Tx during bnx2x_nic_unload David Miller

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