Re: [PATCH 1/1] r8152: napi hangup fix after disconnect

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Jun 26 2018 - 05:02:17 EST


From: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:26:27 +0200

> When unplugging an r8152 adapter while the interface is UP, the NIC
> becomes unusable. usb->disconnect (aka rtl8152_disconnect) deletes
> napi. Then, rtl8152_disconnect calls unregister_netdev and that invokes
> netdev->ndo_stop (aka rtl8152_close). rtl8152_close tries to
> napi_disable, but the napi is already deleted by disconnect above. So
> the first while loop in napi_disable never finishes. This results in
> complete deadlock of the network layer as there is rtnl_mutex held by
> unregister_netdev.
>
> So avoid the call to napi_disable in rtl8152_close when the device is
> already gone.
>
> The other calls to usb_kill_urb, cancel_delayed_work_sync,
> netif_stop_queue etc. seem to be fine. The urb and netdev is not
> destroyed yet.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.