From a926592f5e4e900f3fa903298c4619a131e60963 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Weinberger Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:46:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net,via-rhine: Fix tx_timeout handling rhine_reset_task() misses to disable the tx scheduler upon reset, this can lead to a crash if work is still scheduled while we're resetting the tx queue. Fixes: [ 93.591707] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000004c [ 93.595514] IP: [] rhine_napipoll+0x491/0x6 Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c index cce6c4bc556a..ef312bc6b865 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c @@ -1618,6 +1618,7 @@ static void rhine_reset_task(struct work_struct *work) goto out_unlock; napi_disable(&rp->napi); + netif_tx_disable(dev); spin_lock_bh(&rp->lock); /* clear all descriptors */ -- 2.34.1