From 98d5919834d6091f0a4144ebd3c2c17f1b883d84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nithin Nayak Sujir Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:10:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tg3: Avoid null pointer dereference in tg3_interrupt in netconsole mode [ Upstream commit 9c13cb8bb477a83b9a3c9e5a5478a4e21294a760 ] When netconsole is enabled, logging messages generated during tg3_open can result in a null pointer dereference for the uninitialized tg3 status block. Use the irq_sync flag to disable polling in the early stages. irq_sync is cleared when the driver is enabling interrupts after all initialization is completed. Signed-off-by: Nithin Nayak Sujir Signed-off-by: Michael Chan Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/tg3.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c index 10a99e4434db..81e19d44e584 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tg3.c +++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c @@ -5662,6 +5662,9 @@ static void tg3_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev) int i; struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev); + if (tg3_irq_sync(tp)) + return; + for (i = 0; i < tp->irq_cnt; i++) tg3_interrupt(tp->napi[i].irq_vec, &tp->napi[i]); } @@ -14981,6 +14984,7 @@ static int __devinit tg3_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, tp->pm_cap = pm_cap; tp->rx_mode = TG3_DEF_RX_MODE; tp->tx_mode = TG3_DEF_TX_MODE; + tp->irq_sync = 1; if (tg3_debug > 0) tp->msg_enable = tg3_debug; -- 2.39.2