Re: [PATCH] Networking: Core: netpoll: Fixed a missing spin_unlock

Salil Kapur : > I was looking at v3.12. Can we submit patches for stable versions? It has already been fixed in 3.12.8 as 56399d8b44beae5b80e1eda0350ab6af72baf4d0 ("netpoll: Fix missing TXQ unlock and and OOPS.") by davem. 3.12.8 dates back to 2014/01. The current 3.12.x

Re: [PATCH] Networking: Core: netpoll: Fixed a missing spin_unlock

Salil Kapur : [...] > diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c > index fc75c9e..9124f76 100644 > --- a/net/core/netpoll.c > +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c > @@ -386,8 +386,10 @@ void netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(struct netpoll *np, struct > sk_buff *skb, >

[PATCH] Networking: Core: netpoll: Fixed a missing spin_unlock

In the case when the loop breaks at line 390, the txq lock is not released. Added an unlock statement before the break statement. Signed-off-by: Salil Kapur --- net/core/netpoll.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c