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| author | Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com> | 2013-04-22 06:53:03 +0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2013-04-25 12:00:56 +0400 |
| commit | ecf01c22be034690b621d92c9ff488d607a9995a (patch) | |
| tree | e05899b77655c080a421f33fddebc396c582d6b8 /drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h | |
| parent | e56db277684895184bc74fcf74f7ef993e3a5b6c (diff) | |
| download | linux-ecf01c22be034690b621d92c9ff488d607a9995a.tar.xz | |
bnx2x: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in kdump
In scenarios in which a previous driver was removed without proper cleanup
(e.g., kdump), it is possible for the chip to generate an interrupt without
any apparent reason once interrupts are requested.
Due to an erroneous initialization of resources, some of the bnx2x structs
which are required for interrupt handling are initialized only after an
interface's interrupt is requested from the OS.
As a result, once such a spurious interrupt occurs, it will cause a NULL
pointer dereference - the driver will access those structs in its interrupt
handling routine.
This patch change the interrupt request scheme so that bnx2x would only
request interrupts from the kernel after it has finished initializing
all the inner structs required for interrupt handling.
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h index aee7671ff4c1..c3a65d04c8c9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h @@ -295,16 +295,29 @@ void bnx2x_int_disable_sync(struct bnx2x *bp, int disable_hw); void bnx2x_nic_init_cnic(struct bnx2x *bp); /** - * bnx2x_nic_init - init driver internals. + * bnx2x_preirq_nic_init - init driver internals. * * @bp: driver handle * * Initializes: - * - rings + * - fastpath object + * - fastpath rings + * etc. + */ +void bnx2x_pre_irq_nic_init(struct bnx2x *bp); + +/** + * bnx2x_postirq_nic_init - init driver internals. + * + * @bp: driver handle + * @load_code: COMMON, PORT or FUNCTION + * + * Initializes: * - status blocks + * - slowpath rings * - etc. */ -void bnx2x_nic_init(struct bnx2x *bp, u32 load_code); +void bnx2x_post_irq_nic_init(struct bnx2x *bp, u32 load_code); /** * bnx2x_alloc_mem_cnic - allocate driver's memory for cnic. * |