> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> > index aed985e08e8a..11f28fd03057 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> > @@ -2235,8 +2235,7 @@ static void __ibmvnic_reset(struct work_struct
> > *work)
> > while (rwi) {
> > spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->state_lock, flags);
> >
> > - if (adapter->state == VNIC_REMOVING ||
> > - adapter->state == VNIC_REMOVED) {
> > + if (adapter->state == VNIC_REMOVED) {
>
> If we do get here, we would crash because ibmvnic_remove() happened. It
> frees the adapter struct already.
Not exactly. viodev is gone; netdev is gone; ibmvnic_adapter is still there.
Lijun
