Fix a kernel panic resulting from data access of a NULL pointer during device close. The pending_scrq routine is meant to determine whether there is a valid sub-CRQ message awaiting processing. When the device is closing, however, there is a possibility that NULL messages can be processed because pending_scrq will always return 1 even if there no valid message in the queue.
It's not clear what this closing state check was originally meant to accomplish, so just remove it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c index 167b47b..5378b21 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -2268,8 +2268,7 @@ static int pending_scrq(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter, { union sub_crq *entry = &scrq->msgs[scrq->cur]; - if (entry->generic.first & IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD_RSP || - adapter->state == VNIC_CLOSING) + if (entry->generic.first & IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD_RSP) return 1; else return 0; -- 1.8.5.6