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[2/2] netxen: protect resource cleanup by rtnl lock

Message ID 1265120181-1671-3-git-send-email-amit.salecha@qlogic.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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amit salecha Feb. 2, 2010, 2:16 p.m. UTC 
o context resources can be in used, while resource cleanup is in progress,
  during fw recover.
o Null pointer execption can occur in send_cmd_desc, if fw recovery
  module frees tx ring without rtnl lock.
o Same applies to ethtool register dump.

Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@qlogic.com>
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 drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index 5209095..24279e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -2240,7 +2240,9 @@  netxen_detach_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	netxen_nic_down(adapter, netdev);
 
+	rtnl_lock();
 	netxen_nic_detach(adapter);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	status = NXRD32(adapter, NETXEN_PEG_HALT_STATUS1);