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bnxt: add a missing rcu synchronization

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commit e5f6f564fd191d365fcd775c06a732a488205588 upstream.

Add a missing synchronize_net() call to avoid potential use after free,
since we explicitly call napi_hash_del() to factorize the RCU grace
period.

Fixes: c0c050c58d ("bnxt_en: New Broadcom ethernet driver.")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Acked-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Eric Dumazet 2016-11-16 06:31:52 -08:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 959c8d63b4
commit 0ca38a1cb6
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drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
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@ -4250,6 +4250,10 @@ static void bnxt_del_napi(struct bnxt *bp)
napi_hash_del(&bnapi->napi);
netif_napi_del(&bnapi->napi);
}
/* We called napi_hash_del() before netif_napi_del(), we need
* to respect an RCU grace period before freeing napi structures.
*/
synchronize_net();
}
static void bnxt_init_napi(struct bnxt *bp)