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| author | Jesse Brandeburg <[email protected]> | 2010-09-22 18:22:42 +0000 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <[email protected]> | 2010-09-23 21:33:38 +0000 |
| commit | 338c15e470d818f215d651505dc169d4e92f36a4 (patch) | |
| tree | 90153c4c54f0b43ed48700a396db695d232f1878 /net/tipc/node.c | |
| parent | e1000: use work queues (diff) | |
| download | kernel-338c15e470d818f215d651505dc169d4e92f36a4.tar.gz kernel-338c15e470d818f215d651505dc169d4e92f36a4.zip | |
e1000: fix occasional panic on unload
Net drivers in general have an issue where timers fired
by mod_timer or work threads with schedule_work are running
outside of the rtnl_lock.
With no other lock protection these routines are vulnerable
to races with driver unload or reset paths.
The longer term solution to this might be a redesign with
safer locks being taken in the driver to guarantee no
reentrance, but for now a safe and effective fix is
to take the rtnl_lock in these routines.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Jeff Pieper <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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