From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat.com>
To: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>,
Shradha Shah <sshah@solarflare.com>,
Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sfc: fix addr_list_lock spinlock use before init
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:02:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54185F18.4020003@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.03.1409161654370.25290@solarflare.com>
On 16/09/14 17:57, Edward Cree wrote:
> Reported by Nikolay Aleksandrov. In efx_init_port() we call
> efx_mac_reconfigure() to work around a Falcon/A1 limitation, and this calls
> efx_{arch}_filter_sync_rx_mode(), which takes the addr_list_lock; but this
> lock is uninitialised, because we haven't called register_netdevice() yet.
> So, in efx_farch_filter_sync_rx_mode(), check efx_dev_registered() before
> doing anything else.
> The EF10 equivalent, efx_ef10_filter_sync_rx_mode(), already has the
> corresponding check.
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
> index 0537381..6859437 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
> @@ -2933,6 +2933,9 @@ void efx_farch_filter_sync_rx_mode(struct efx_nic *efx)
> u32 crc;
> int bit;
>
> + if (!efx_dev_registered(efx))
> + return;
> +
> netif_addr_lock_bh(net_dev);
>
> efx->unicast_filter = !(net_dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC);
>
You should add a Signed-off-by, otherwise looks good to me.
FWIW, you can add my Tested-by as well.
Tested-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-16 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-15 12:55 [PATCH net] sfc: fix addr_list_lock spinlock use before init Nikolay Aleksandrov
2014-09-16 15:05 ` Edward Cree
2014-09-16 15:20 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2014-09-16 15:57 ` Edward Cree
2014-09-16 16:02 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov [this message]
2014-09-16 16:05 ` Edward Cree
2014-09-16 20:33 ` David Miller
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