From a3b8cb1f84a0de95323902c76bab245675d6d218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emil Tantilov Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:06:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ixgbe: fix panic when using macvlan with l2-fwd-offload enabled Fix NULL pointer dereference in the case where a macvlan interface is brought up while the PF is still down: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010 IP: [] ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers+0x42/0x1a0 [ixgbe] Call Trace: [] ixgbe_configure_rx_ring+0x2eb/0x3d0 [ixgbe] [] ixgbe_fwd_ring_up+0xd1/0x380 [ixgbe] [] ixgbe_fwd_add+0x149/0x230 [ixgbe] [] macvlan_open+0x260/0x2b0 [macvlan] Reported-by: Matthew Garrett Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov Tested-by: Andrew Bowers Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index a244d9a67264..bd93d823cc25 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -9135,10 +9135,14 @@ static void *ixgbe_fwd_add(struct net_device *pdev, struct net_device *vdev) goto fwd_add_err; fwd_adapter->pool = pool; fwd_adapter->real_adapter = adapter; - err = ixgbe_fwd_ring_up(vdev, fwd_adapter); - if (err) - goto fwd_add_err; - netif_tx_start_all_queues(vdev); + + if (netif_running(pdev)) { + err = ixgbe_fwd_ring_up(vdev, fwd_adapter); + if (err) + goto fwd_add_err; + netif_tx_start_all_queues(vdev); + } + return fwd_adapter; fwd_add_err: /* unwind counter and free adapter struct */ -- 2.20.1