subject:"\[PATCH 2\/2\] drivers\: net\: xgene\: Clean up all outstanding tx descriptors"

Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers: net: xgene: Clean up all outstanding tx descriptors

2017-08-28 Thread Iyappan Subramanian

Hi Andrew, On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 03:23:30PM -0700, Iyappan Subramanian wrote: >> When xgene_enet is rmmod'd and there are still outstanding tx descriptors >> that have been setup but have not completed, it is possible on the

Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers: net: xgene: Clean up all outstanding tx descriptors

2017-08-25 Thread Andrew Lunn

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 03:23:30PM -0700, Iyappan Subramanian wrote: > When xgene_enet is rmmod'd and there are still outstanding tx descriptors > that have been setup but have not completed, it is possible on the next > modprobe of the driver to receive the oldest of such tx descriptors. This >

[PATCH 2/2] drivers: net: xgene: Clean up all outstanding tx descriptors

2017-08-25 Thread Iyappan Subramanian

When xgene_enet is rmmod'd and there are still outstanding tx descriptors that have been setup but have not completed, it is possible on the next modprobe of the driver to receive the oldest of such tx descriptors. This results in a kernel NULL pointer dereference. This patch attempts to clean up