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| author | Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com> | 2009-08-13 19:12:31 +0000 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-08-14 16:41:16 -0700 |
| commit | 22580f894ac190c46beebb5c3172e450a2318f79 (patch) | |
| tree | 01f88df9a5bc27170ef7ca944ba40af578476d72 /drivers/net/via-rhine.c | |
| parent | 0527a1a8440a20b3d0fd1d0c9e75a6f38a9d5315 (diff) | |
| download | linux-22580f894ac190c46beebb5c3172e450a2318f79.tar.gz | |
drivers/net: fixed drivers that support netpoll use ndo_start_xmit()
The NETPOLL API requires that interrupts remain disabled in
netpoll_send_skb(). The use of spin_lock_irq() and spin_unlock_irq()
in the NETPOLL API callbacks causes the interrupts to get enabled and
can lead to kernel instability.
The solution is to use spin_lock_irqsave() and spin_unlock_restore()
to prevent the irqs from getting enabled while in netpoll_send_skb().
Call trace:
netpoll_send_skb()
{
-> local_irq_save(flags)
---> dev->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev)
---> spin_lock_irq()
---> spin_unlock_irq() *******here would enable the interrupt.
...
-> local_irq_restore(flags)
}
Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/via-rhine.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/via-rhine.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c index 88c30a58b4bd..934f7671650a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c +++ b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c @@ -1218,6 +1218,7 @@ static int rhine_start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) struct rhine_private *rp = netdev_priv(dev); void __iomem *ioaddr = rp->base; unsigned entry; + unsigned long flags; /* Caution: the write order is important here, set the field with the "ownership" bits last. */ @@ -1261,7 +1262,7 @@ static int rhine_start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) cpu_to_le32(TXDESC | (skb->len >= ETH_ZLEN ? skb->len : ETH_ZLEN)); /* lock eth irq */ - spin_lock_irq(&rp->lock); + spin_lock_irqsave(&rp->lock, flags); wmb(); rp->tx_ring[entry].tx_status = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn); wmb(); @@ -1280,7 +1281,7 @@ static int rhine_start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) dev->trans_start = jiffies; - spin_unlock_irq(&rp->lock); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rp->lock, flags); if (debug > 4) { printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Transmit frame #%d queued in slot %d.\n", |