Here is my patch proposal for testing.
If it doesn't work - forget about it.
(Prepared with 2.6.20-git6 but could
be applied to 2.6.20 also.)

Jarek P.


dev_hold/dev_put added to prevent dev kfree
during port_carrier_check runnig, while dev
and port are removed.

Submitted and tested by: Pascal Terjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---

diff -Nurp linux-2.6.20-git6-/net/bridge/br_if.c 
linux-2.6.20-git6/net/bridge/br_if.c
--- linux-2.6.20-git6-/net/bridge/br_if.c       2007-02-12 10:20:14.000000000 
+0100
+++ linux-2.6.20-git6/net/bridge/br_if.c        2007-02-12 10:36:58.000000000 
+0100
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static void port_carrier_check(struct wo
                spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
        }
 done:
+       dev_put(dev);
        rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ static void del_nbp(struct net_bridge_po
 
        dev_set_promiscuity(dev, -1);
 
-       cancel_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check);
+       if (cancel_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check))
+               dev_put(dev);
 
        spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
        br_stp_disable_port(p);
@@ -444,7 +446,9 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, str
        spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
        br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(br);
        br_features_recompute(br);
-       schedule_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check, BR_PORT_DEBOUNCE);
+       if (schedule_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check, BR_PORT_DEBOUNCE))
+               dev_hold(dev);
+
        spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
 
        dev_set_mtu(br->dev, br_min_mtu(br));
-
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