Re: [PATCH net] ibmveth: Disable tx queue while changing mtu

2016-08-09 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Falcon Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 12:47:37 -0500 > If the device is running while the MTU is changed, ibmveth > is closed and the bounce buffer is freed. If a transmission > is sent before ibmveth can be reopened, ibmveth_start_xmit > tries to copy to the null bounce buffer, leading to a

[PATCH net] ibmveth: Disable tx queue while changing mtu

2016-08-09 Thread Thomas Falcon
If the device is running while the MTU is changed, ibmveth is closed and the bounce buffer is freed. If a transmission is sent before ibmveth can be reopened, ibmveth_start_xmit tries to copy to the null bounce buffer, leading to a kernel oops. The proposed solution disables the tx queue until ibmv