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-rw-r--r--net/core/netpoll.c20
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 19ff660..e9ab4f0 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
unsigned long tries;
struct net_device *dev = np->dev;
const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+ /* It is up to the caller to keep npinfo alive. */
struct netpoll_info *npinfo = np->dev->npinfo;
if (!npinfo || !netif_running(dev) || !netif_device_present(dev)) {
@@ -810,10 +811,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
refill_skbs();
/* last thing to do is link it to the net device structure */
- ndev->npinfo = npinfo;
-
- /* avoid racing with NAPI reading npinfo */
- synchronize_rcu();
+ rcu_assign_pointer(ndev->npinfo, npinfo);
return 0;
@@ -857,6 +855,16 @@ void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np)
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&npinfo->refcnt)) {
const struct net_device_ops *ops;
+
+ ops = np->dev->netdev_ops;
+ if (ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup)
+ ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup(np->dev);
+
+ rcu_assign_pointer(np->dev->npinfo, NULL);
+
+ /* avoid racing with NAPI reading npinfo */
+ synchronize_rcu_bh();
+
skb_queue_purge(&npinfo->arp_tx);
skb_queue_purge(&npinfo->txq);
cancel_rearming_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work);
@@ -864,10 +872,6 @@ void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np)
/* clean after last, unfinished work */
__skb_queue_purge(&npinfo->txq);
kfree(npinfo);
- ops = np->dev->netdev_ops;
- if (ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup)
- ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup(np->dev);
- np->dev->npinfo = NULL;
}
}
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