There could be race between t4_eth_xmit() and t4_free_sge_resources() while freeing tx descriptors, take txq lock in t4_free_sge_resources(). We need to stop the xmit frame path which runs in bottom half context while unloading the driver using _bh variant of the lock. This is to prevent the deadlock between xmit and driver unload.
Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Shenai <haripra...@chelsio.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c index 6278e5a74b74..bad253beb8c8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c @@ -3006,7 +3006,9 @@ void t4_free_sge_resources(struct adapter *adap) if (etq->q.desc) { t4_eth_eq_free(adap, adap->mbox, adap->pf, 0, etq->q.cntxt_id); + __netif_tx_lock_bh(etq->txq); free_tx_desc(adap, &etq->q, etq->q.in_use, true); + __netif_tx_unlock_bh(etq->txq); kfree(etq->q.sdesc); free_txq(adap, &etq->q); } -- 2.3.4