The __NS8390_init tries to start the device queue before the
device is registered. This results in an oops (snipped):
[ 2.865493] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
0000000000000010
[ 2.866106] IP: [<
ffffffffa000602a>] netif_start_queue+0xb/0x12 [8390]
[ 2.881267] Call Trace:
[ 2.881437] [<
ffffffffa000624d>] __NS8390_init+0x102/0x15a [8390]
[ 2.881999] [<
ffffffffa00062ae>] NS8390_init+0x9/0xb [8390]
[ 2.882237] [<
ffffffffa000d820>] ne2k_pci_init_one+0x297/0x354 [ne2k_pci]
[ 2.882955] [<
ffffffff811c7a0e>] local_pci_probe+0x12/0x16
[ 2.883308] [<
ffffffff811c85ad>] pci_device_probe+0xc3/0xef
[ 2.884049] [<
ffffffff8129218d>] driver_probe_device+0xbe/0x14b
[ 2.884937] [<
ffffffff81292260>] __driver_attach+0x46/0x62
[ 2.885170] [<
ffffffff81291788>] bus_for_each_dev+0x49/0x78
[ 2.885781] [<
ffffffff81291fbb>] driver_attach+0x1c/0x1e
[ 2.886089] [<
ffffffff812912ab>] bus_add_driver+0xba/0x227
[ 2.886330] [<
ffffffff8129259a>] driver_register+0x9e/0x115
[ 2.886933] [<
ffffffff811c8815>] __pci_register_driver+0x50/0xac
[ 2.887785] [<
ffffffffa001102c>] ne2k_pci_init+0x2c/0x2e [ne2k_pci]
[ 2.888093] [<
ffffffff81000212>] do_one_initcall+0x7c/0x130
[ 2.888693] [<
ffffffff8106d74f>] sys_init_module+0x99/0x1da
[ 2.888946] [<
ffffffff81002a2b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
This happens because the netif_start_queue sets respective bit on the dev->_tx
array which is not yet allocated.
As far as I understand the code removing the netif_start_queue from __NS8390_init
is OK, since queue will be started later on device open. Plz, correct me if I'm wrong.
Found in the Dave's current tree, so he's in Cc.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>