Re: [PATCH net] tg3: Fix race condition in tg3_get_stats64().

2017-01-07 Thread David Miller
From: Michael Chan Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 16:18:53 -0500 > The driver's ndo_get_stats64() method is not always called under RTNL. > So it can race with driver close or ethtool reconfigurations. Fix the > race condition by taking tp->lock spinlock in tg3_free_consistent() > when freeing the tp->h

[PATCH net] tg3: Fix race condition in tg3_get_stats64().

2017-01-06 Thread Michael Chan
The driver's ndo_get_stats64() method is not always called under RTNL. So it can race with driver close or ethtool reconfigurations. Fix the race condition by taking tp->lock spinlock in tg3_free_consistent() when freeing the tp->hw_stats memory block. tg3_get_stats64() is already taking tp->lock