On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:04:53 -0700 (PDT), David Miller wrote: > From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicin...@netronome.com> > Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:38:37 -0700 > > > This series avoids a potential crash on nfp representor devices > > when netpoll is in use. If transmitting the frame through underlying > > vNIC fails we'd return an error code (by passing on error code from > > __dev_queue_xmit()) and cause double free in netpoll code. > > > > Fix the error code and disable netpoll on reprs altogether. > > IRQ-safety of locking the queues and calling __dev_queue_xmit() > > is questionable. > > > > Big thanks to John Hurley for debugging and narrowing down > > the trace log after I gave up! :) > > Series applied, thanks Jakub. > > Want me to queue these up for -stable?
Mm.. yes, I think so, patch 1 can lead to a hard to catch double free. Thanks!
