From f564412c935111c583b787bcc18157377b208e2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Hesselbarth Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:57:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] net: mv643xx_eth: fix orphaned statistics timer crash The periodic statistics timer gets started at port _probe() time, but is stopped on _stop() only. In a modular environment, this can cause the timer to access already deallocated memory, if the module is unloaded without starting the eth device. To fix this, we add the timer right before the port is started, instead of at _probe() time. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth Acked-by: Jason Cooper Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c index 44a87e4..2364707 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c @@ -2235,6 +2235,7 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_open(struct net_device *dev) mp->int_mask |= INT_TX_END_0 << i; } + add_timer(&mp->mib_counters_timer); port_start(mp); wrlp(mp, INT_MASK_EXT, INT_EXT_LINK_PHY | INT_EXT_TX); @@ -2914,7 +2915,6 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) mp->mib_counters_timer.data = (unsigned long)mp; mp->mib_counters_timer.function = mib_counters_timer_wrapper; mp->mib_counters_timer.expires = jiffies + 30 * HZ; - add_timer(&mp->mib_counters_timer); spin_lock_init(&mp->mib_counters_lock); -- 2.7.4