From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
To: gregory.v.rose@intel.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, ddutile@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sassmann@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH] igb: Fix null pointer dereference
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:09:16 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130312200833.17121.47670.stgit@bling.home> (raw)
The max_vfs= option has always been self limiting to the number of VFs
supported by the device. fa44f2f1 added SR-IOV configuration via
sysfs, but in the process broke this self correction factor. The
failing path is:
igb_probe
igb_sw_init
if (max_vfs > 7) {
adapter->vfs_allocated_count = 7;
...
igb_probe_vfs
igb_enable_sriov(, max_vfs)
if (num_vfs > 7) {
err = -EPERM;
...
This leaves vfs_allocated_count = 7 and vf_data = NULL, so we bomb out
when igb_probe finally calls igb_reset. It seems like a really bad
idea, and somewhat pointless, to set vfs_allocated_count separate from
vf_data, but limiting max_vfs is enough to avoid the null pointer.
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index ed79a1c..d5b8289 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@ static int igb_sw_init(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
if (max_vfs > 7) {
dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
"Maximum of 7 VFs per PF, using max\n");
- adapter->vfs_allocated_count = 7;
+ max_vfs = adapter->vfs_allocated_count = 7;
} else
adapter->vfs_allocated_count = max_vfs;
if (adapter->vfs_allocated_count)
next reply other threads:[~2013-03-12 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-12 20:09 Alex Williamson [this message]
2013-03-13 7:51 ` [PATCH] igb: Fix null pointer dereference Jeff Kirsher
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=20130312200833.17121.47670.stgit@bling.home \
--to=alex.williamson@redhat.com \
--cc=ddutile@redhat.com \
--cc=gregory.v.rose@intel.com \
--cc=jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=sassmann@redhat.com \
/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).