From e15eec2805565c7e31dbe402215637012f1e4616 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@qlogic.com> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:16:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] netxen: protect resource cleanup by rtnl lock o context resources can be in used, while resource cleanup is in progress, during fw recover. o Null pointer execption can occur in send_cmd_desc, if fw recovery module frees tx ring without rtnl lock. o Same applies to ethtool register dump. Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --- drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c index 5209095a8739..24279e6e55f5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c @@ -2240,7 +2240,9 @@ netxen_detach_work(struct work_struct *work) netxen_nic_down(adapter, netdev); + rtnl_lock(); netxen_nic_detach(adapter); + rtnl_unlock(); status = NXRD32(adapter, NETXEN_PEG_HALT_STATUS1); -- GitLab