Sometimes xennet_create_queues() may failed to created all requested queues, we need to update num_queues to real created to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Signed-off-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c index f821a97..d580aec 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c @@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ static int xennet_create_queues(struct netfront_info *info, dev_err(&info->netdev->dev, "no queues\n"); return -EINVAL; } - return 0; + return num_queues; } /* Common code used when first setting up, and when resuming. */ @@ -1788,9 +1788,12 @@ static int talk_to_netback(struct xenbus_device *dev, if (info->queues) xennet_destroy_queues(info); - err = xennet_create_queues(info, num_queues); - if (err < 0) + /* Update queues number to real created */ + num_queues = xennet_create_queues(info, num_queues); + if (num_queues < 0) { + err = num_queues; goto destroy_ring; + } /* Create shared ring, alloc event channel -- for each queue */ for (i = 0; i < num_queues; ++i) { -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html