From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> Calling napi_hash_del() before netif_napi_del() is dangerous if a synchronize_rcu() is not enforced before NAPI struct freeing.
Lets leave this detail to core networking stack to get it right. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c index 7eaac3234049..30a26e624e5a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c @@ -2511,9 +2511,6 @@ static int ixgbevf_alloc_q_vectors(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter) while (q_idx) { q_idx--; q_vector = adapter->q_vector[q_idx]; -#ifdef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL - napi_hash_del(&q_vector->napi); -#endif netif_napi_del(&q_vector->napi); kfree(q_vector); adapter->q_vector[q_idx] = NULL;