The patch titled br_if: oops in port_carrier_check has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was br_if-oops-in-port_carrier_check.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: br_if: oops in port_carrier_check From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@xxxxx> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 09:47:38AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:28:48 +0100 > Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@xxxxx> wrote: > > > Here is my patch proposal for testing. > > If it doesn't work - forget about it. > > (Prepared with 2.6.20-git6 but could > > be applied to 2.6.20 also.) > > > > Jarek P. > > > > > > dev_hold/dev_put added to prevent dev kfree > > during port_carrier_check runnig, while dev > > and port are removed. > > No, holding the reference just stops the kfree, it doesn't > stop the device from being removed from the port. But I wrote above it is only to prevent the kfree. > p = dev->br_port; > if (!p) > goto done; > br = p->br; Then p is NULL here and we goto done. Sorry, but the first version was wrong (incomplete). Below I attach a new proposal. Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@xxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bridge/br_if.c | 8 ++++++-- net/bridge/br_notify.c | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN net/bridge/br_if.c~br_if-oops-in-port_carrier_check net/bridge/br_if.c --- a/net/bridge/br_if.c~br_if-oops-in-port_carrier_check +++ a/net/bridge/br_if.c @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static void port_carrier_check(struct wo spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock); } done: + dev_put(dev); rtnl_unlock(); } @@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ static void del_nbp(struct net_bridge_po dev_set_promiscuity(dev, -1); - cancel_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check); + if (cancel_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check)) + dev_put(dev); spin_lock_bh(&br->lock); br_stp_disable_port(p); @@ -444,7 +446,9 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, str spin_lock_bh(&br->lock); br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(br); br_features_recompute(br); - schedule_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check, BR_PORT_DEBOUNCE); + if (schedule_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check, BR_PORT_DEBOUNCE)) + dev_hold(dev); + spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock); dev_set_mtu(br->dev, br_min_mtu(br)); diff -puN net/bridge/br_notify.c~br_if-oops-in-port_carrier_check net/bridge/br_notify.c --- a/net/bridge/br_notify.c~br_if-oops-in-port_carrier_check +++ a/net/bridge/br_notify.c @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ static int br_device_event(struct notifi case NETDEV_CHANGE: if (br->dev->flags & IFF_UP) - schedule_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check, BR_PORT_DEBOUNCE); + if (schedule_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check, + BR_PORT_DEBOUNCE)) + dev_hold(dev); break; case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jarkao2@xxxxx are origin.patch lockdep-debug_locks-check-after-check_chain_key.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html