When using RPS, the target CPU uses the backlog NAPI struct.
This NAPI struct needs the list initialized explicitly as normally
the list is initialized from netif_napi_add() on the netdevice.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008
Kernel BUG at ffffff9808909310 [verbose debug info unavailable]
PC is at napi_gro_flush+0x74/0x104
LR is at napi_gro_flush+0x70/0x104
[<ffffff9808909310>] napi_gro_flush+0x74/0x104
[<ffffff980890aa24>] net_rx_action+0x3f8/0x4d4
[<ffffff9807a81aac>] __do_softirq+0x144/0x468
[<ffffff9807ab1794>] irq_exit+0x118/0x144
[<ffffff9807b2ad68>] __handle_domain_irq+0x94/0xf8
[<ffffff9807a81884>] gic_handle_irq+0xd0/0x1b4
Fixes: d4546c2509b1 ("net: Convert GRO SKB handling to list_head.")
Signed-off-by: Sean Tranchetti <stran...@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subas...@codeaurora.org>
---
net/core/dev.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4f8b92d..6b76745 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9556,6 +9556,7 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
sd->backlog.poll = process_backlog;
sd->backlog.weight = weight_p;
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->backlog.gro_list);
}
dev_boot_phase = 0;
--
1.9.1
