From: Aya Levin <ayal@xxxxxxxxxx> When closing the PTP channel, set its pointer explicitly to NULL. PTP channel is opened on demand, the code verify the pointer validity before access. Nullify it when closing the PTP channel to avoid unexpected behavior. Fixes: 145e5637d941 ("net/mlx5e: Add TX PTP port object support") Signed-off-by: Aya Levin <ayal@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c index 9e2a30dc5e4f..66d23cd275c1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c @@ -2503,8 +2503,10 @@ void mlx5e_close_channels(struct mlx5e_channels *chs) { int i; - if (chs->port_ptp) + if (chs->port_ptp) { mlx5e_port_ptp_close(chs->port_ptp); + chs->port_ptp = NULL; + } for (i = 0; i < chs->num; i++) mlx5e_close_channel(chs->c[i]); -- 2.29.2