There seems to be race condition that the device is ndo_start_xmit at a point where the device is closing and apTD is NULL resulting in dead lock. Add a NULL check to apTD and return NULL to calling functions. This is more likely on 64 bit systems. Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c index fb743a8..14f3e85 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c @@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ static void *s_vGetFreeContext(struct vnt_private *pDevice) DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO"GetFreeContext()\n"); for (ii = 0; ii < pDevice->cbTD; ii++) { + if (!pDevice->apTD[ii]) + return NULL; pContext = pDevice->apTD[ii]; if (pContext->bBoolInUse == false) { pContext->bBoolInUse = true; -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html