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-rw-r--r--net/core/netpoll.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 681eeb2b7399..89f5358d7a1b 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ static int netpoll_owner_active(struct net_device *dev)
static netdev_tx_t __netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
netdev_tx_t status = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+ netdev_tx_t ret = NET_XMIT_DROP;
struct net_device *dev;
unsigned long tries;
/* It is up to the caller to keep npinfo alive. */
@@ -334,11 +335,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t __netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
dev = np->dev;
+ rcu_read_lock();
npinfo = rcu_dereference_bh(dev->npinfo);
if (!npinfo || !netif_running(dev) || !netif_device_present(dev)) {
dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
- return NET_XMIT_DROP;
+ goto out;
}
/* don't get messages out of order, and no recursion */
@@ -377,7 +379,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t __netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
skb_queue_tail(&npinfo->txq, skb);
schedule_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work,0);
}
- return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+ ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+out:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return ret;
}
netdev_tx_t netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -795,6 +800,13 @@ put_noaddr:
goto put;
netdev_tracker_alloc(ndev, &np->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
rtnl_unlock();
+
+ /* Make sure all NAPI polls which started before dev->npinfo
+ * was visible have exited before we start calling NAPI poll.
+ * NAPI skips locking if dev->npinfo is NULL.
+ */
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
return 0;
put: