From: Nithin Nayak Sujir Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:10:59 +0000 (+0000) Subject: tg3: Avoid null pointer dereference in tg3_interrupt in netconsole mode X-Git-Tag: v3.8-rc6~20^2~56 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9c13cb8bb477a83b9a3c9e5a5478a4e21294a760;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-3.10.git tg3: Avoid null pointer dereference in tg3_interrupt in netconsole mode When netconsole is enabled, logging messages generated during tg3_open can result in a null pointer dereference for the uninitialized tg3 status block. Use the irq_sync flag to disable polling in the early stages. irq_sync is cleared when the driver is enabling interrupts after all initialization is completed. Signed-off-by: Nithin Nayak Sujir Signed-off-by: Michael Chan Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c index 78ea90c..d326d92 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c @@ -6950,6 +6950,9 @@ static void tg3_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev) int i; struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev); + if (tg3_irq_sync(tp)) + return; + for (i = 0; i < tp->irq_cnt; i++) tg3_interrupt(tp->napi[i].irq_vec, &tp->napi[i]); } @@ -16367,6 +16370,7 @@ static int tg3_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, tp->pm_cap = pm_cap; tp->rx_mode = TG3_DEF_RX_MODE; tp->tx_mode = TG3_DEF_TX_MODE; + tp->irq_sync = 1; if (tg3_debug > 0) tp->msg_enable = tg3_debug;