This will fix https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41212
fslab2 login: [ 114.392408] EXT4-fs (sdc): barriers disabled [ 114.449737] EXT4-fs (sdc): mounted filesystem with writeback data mode. Opts: journal_async_commit,barrier=0,data=writeback [ 240.944030] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040 [ 240.948007] IP: [<ffffffffa0366ce9>] ipoib_start_xmit+0x39/0x280 [ib_ipoib] [...] [ 240.948007] Call Trace: [ 240.948007] <IRQ> [ 240.948007] [<ffffffff812cd5e0>] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x2a0/0x590 [ 240.948007] [<ffffffff8131f680>] ? arp_create+0x70/0x200 [ 240.948007] [<ffffffff812e8e1f>] sch_direct_xmit+0xef/0x1c0 Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert <[email protected]> --- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c index 43f89ba..fe89c46 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c @@ -717,11 +717,13 @@ static int ipoib_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) { struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); struct ipoib_neigh *neigh; - struct neighbour *n; + struct neighbour *n = NULL; unsigned long flags; - n = dst_get_neighbour(skb_dst(skb)); - if (likely(skb_dst(skb) && n)) { + if (likely(skb_dst(skb))) + n = dst_get_neighbour(skb_dst(skb)); + + if (likely(n)) { if (unlikely(!*to_ipoib_neigh(n))) { ipoib_path_lookup(skb, dev); return NETDEV_TX_OK; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
