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authorTariq Toukan <tariqt@mellanox.com>2016-11-27 19:20:51 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-11-28 15:33:46 -0500
commitb4353708f5a1c084fd73f1b6fd243b142157b173 (patch)
tree42acbbda5d8cfaa23dc4ad056bed5d4f56c2c62a /drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
parentfaa1fa54fd25a59a6c4b731ac652a2b7cd21ace8 (diff)
Revert "net/mlx4_en: Avoid unregister_netdev at shutdown flow"
This reverts commit 9d76931180557270796f9631e2c79b9c7bb3c9fb. Using unregister_netdev at shutdown flow prevents calling the netdev's ndos or trying to access its freed resources. This fixes crashes like the following: Call Trace: [<ffffffff81587a6e>] dev_get_phys_port_id+0x1e/0x30 [<ffffffff815a36ce>] rtnl_fill_ifinfo+0x4be/0xff0 [<ffffffff815a53f3>] rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb+0x73/0xe0 [<ffffffff815a5476>] rtmsg_ifinfo.part.27+0x16/0x50 [<ffffffff815a54c8>] rtmsg_ifinfo+0x18/0x20 [<ffffffff8158a6c6>] netdev_state_change+0x46/0x50 [<ffffffff815a5e78>] linkwatch_do_dev+0x38/0x50 [<ffffffff815a6165>] __linkwatch_run_queue+0xf5/0x170 [<ffffffff815a6205>] linkwatch_event+0x25/0x30 [<ffffffff81099a82>] process_one_work+0x152/0x400 [<ffffffff8109a325>] worker_thread+0x125/0x4b0 [<ffffffff8109a200>] ? rescuer_thread+0x350/0x350 [<ffffffff8109fc6a>] kthread+0xca/0xe0 [<ffffffff8109fba0>] ? kthread_park+0x60/0x60 [<ffffffff816a1285>] ret_from_fork+0x25/0x30 Fixes: 9d7693118055 ("net/mlx4_en: Avoid unregister_netdev at shutdown flow") Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@mellanox.com> Reported-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reported-by: Steve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com> Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c5
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 6f4e67bc3538..75d07fa9d0b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -4147,11 +4147,8 @@ static void mlx4_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
mlx4_info(persist->dev, "mlx4_shutdown was called\n");
mutex_lock(&persist->interface_state_mutex);
- if (persist->interface_state & MLX4_INTERFACE_STATE_UP) {
- /* Notify mlx4 clients that the kernel is being shut down */
- persist->interface_state |= MLX4_INTERFACE_STATE_SHUTDOWN;
+ if (persist->interface_state & MLX4_INTERFACE_STATE_UP)
mlx4_unload_one(pdev);
- }
mutex_unlock(&persist->interface_state_mutex);
}