Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic fix NULL tx_pools and rx_tools issue at do_reset

On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 07:49:23PM -0400, Dany Madden wrote: > From: Mingming Cao > > At the time of do_reset, ibmvnic tries to re-initalize the tx_pools > and rx_pools to avoid re-allocating the long term buffer. However > there is a window inside do_reset that the tx_pools and > rx_pools were

[PATCH net] ibmvnic fix NULL tx_pools and rx_tools issue at do_reset

From: Mingming Cao At the time of do_reset, ibmvnic tries to re-initalize the tx_pools and rx_pools to avoid re-allocating the long term buffer. However there is a window inside do_reset that the tx_pools and rx_pools were freed before re-initialized making it possible to deference null