From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tanti...@intel.com>
Fix NULL pointer dereference in the case where a macvlan interface is
brought up while the PF is still down:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010
IP: [<ffffffffa0170fb2>] ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers+0x42/0x1a0 [ixgbe]
Call Trace:
[<ffffffffa017336b>] ixgbe_configure_rx_ring+0x2eb/0x3d0 [ixgbe]
[<ffffffffa0173811>] ixgbe_fwd_ring_up+0xd1/0x380 [ixgbe]
[<ffffffffa0179709>] ixgbe_fwd_add+0x149/0x230 [ixgbe]
[<ffffffffa0113480>] macvlan_open+0x260/0x2b0 [macvlan]
Reported-by: Matthew Garrett <mj...@coreos.com>
Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tanti...@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bow...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index a244d9a..bd93d82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -9135,10 +9135,14 @@ static void *ixgbe_fwd_add(struct net_device *pdev,
struct net_device *vdev)
goto fwd_add_err;
fwd_adapter->pool = pool;
fwd_adapter->real_adapter = adapter;
- err = ixgbe_fwd_ring_up(vdev, fwd_adapter);
- if (err)
- goto fwd_add_err;
- netif_tx_start_all_queues(vdev);
+
+ if (netif_running(pdev)) {
+ err = ixgbe_fwd_ring_up(vdev, fwd_adapter);
+ if (err)
+ goto fwd_add_err;
+ netif_tx_start_all_queues(vdev);
+ }
+
return fwd_adapter;
fwd_add_err:
/* unwind counter and free adapter struct */
--
2.7.4
