The patch titled netconsole: fix soft lockup when removing module has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is netconsole-fix-soft-lockup-when-removing-module.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: netconsole: fix soft lockup when removing module From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@xxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@xxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/netpoll.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN net/core/netpoll.c~netconsole-fix-soft-lockup-when-removing-module net/core/netpoll.c --- a/net/core/netpoll.c~netconsole-fix-soft-lockup-when-removing-module +++ a/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ static void queue_process(struct work_st netif_tx_unlock(dev); local_irq_restore(flags); - schedule_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work, HZ/10); + if (atomic_read(&npinfo->refcnt)) + schedule_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work, HZ/10); return; } netif_tx_unlock(dev); @@ -785,9 +786,15 @@ void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np) if (atomic_dec_and_test(&npinfo->refcnt)) { skb_queue_purge(&npinfo->arp_tx); skb_queue_purge(&npinfo->txq); - cancel_rearming_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work); + cancel_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work); flush_scheduled_work(); + /* clean after last, unfinished work */ + if (!skb_queue_empty(&npinfo->txq)) { + struct sk_buff *skb; + skb = __skb_dequeue(&npinfo->txq); + kfree_skb(skb); + } kfree(npinfo); } } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jarkao2@xxxxx are netconsole-fix-soft-lockup-when-removing-module.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