Re: [PATCH net-next v3] BNX2: fix a Null Pointer for stats_blk

[David Miller]

From: Weidong Wang <wangweidong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:03:47 +0800

> we have two processes to do:
> P1#: ifconfig eth0 down; which will call bnx2_close, then will
> , and set Null to stats_blk
> P2#: ifconfig eth0; which will call bnx2_get_stats64, it will
> use stats_blk.
> In one case:
>     --P1#--                   --P2#--
>                               stats_blk(no null)
>     bnx2_free_mem
>     ->bp->stats_blk = NULL
>                               GET_64BIT_NET_STATS
> 
> then it will cause 'NULL Pointer' Problem.
> it is as well with 'ethtool -S ethx'.
> 
> Allocate the statistics block at probe time so that this problem is
> impossible
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.
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