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Commit 22580f89 authored by Dongdong Deng's avatar Dongdong Deng Committed by David S. Miller
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drivers/net: fixed drivers that support netpoll use ndo_start_xmit()



The NETPOLL API requires that interrupts remain disabled in
netpoll_send_skb(). The use of spin_lock_irq() and spin_unlock_irq()
in the NETPOLL API callbacks causes the interrupts to get enabled and
can lead to kernel instability.

The solution is to use spin_lock_irqsave() and spin_unlock_restore()
to prevent the irqs from getting enabled while in netpoll_send_skb().

Call trace:
netpoll_send_skb()
{
   -> local_irq_save(flags)
     ---> dev->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev)
         ---> spin_lock_irq()
         ---> spin_unlock_irq() *******here would enable the interrupt.
              ...
   -> local_irq_restore(flags)
}

Signed-off-by: default avatarDongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Acked-by: default avatarBruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
Acked-by: default avatarMatt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 0527a1a8
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