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r8169: fix lockdep warning when removing interface

PATCH Applied Peter Wu 2 participants 2 messages Jul 22, 2013 – Jul 24, 2013

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PATCH v2 1/1 r8169: fix lockdep warning when removing interface

The work queue is initialised in rtl_open (when the interface goes up), but canceled in rtl_remove_one (when the PCI device gets removed). If the network interface is not brought up, then the work queue struct is not initialised. When the device is removed, the attempt to cancel the uninitialised work queue causes a lockdep warning.

This patch fixes the issue by moving cancel_work_sync to rtl_close (to match rtl_open). (Note that rtl_close is also called via unregister_netdev in rtl_remove_one.)

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 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 4106a74..880015c 100644

drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c +2 -2
@@ -6468,6 +6468,8 @@ static int rtl8169_close(struct net_device *dev)
 	rtl8169_down(dev);
 	rtl_unlock_work(tp);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&tp->wk.work);
+
 	free_irq(pdev->irq, dev);
 
 	dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev, R8169_RX_RING_BYTES, tp->RxDescArray,
@@ -6793,8 +6795,6 @@ static void rtl_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		rtl8168_driver_stop(tp);
 	}
 
-	cancel_work_sync(&tp->wk.work);
-
 	netif_napi_del(&tp->napi);
 
 	unregister_netdev(dev);
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From: Peter Wu <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:53:30 +0200

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The work queue is initialised in rtl_open (when the interface goes up), but canceled in rtl_remove_one (when the PCI device gets removed). If the network interface is not brought up, then the work queue struct is not initialised. When the device is removed, the attempt to cancel the uninitialised work queue causes a lockdep warning.

Quoted 6 lines

This patch fixes the issue by moving cancel_work_sync to rtl_close (to match rtl_open). (Note that rtl_close is also called via unregister_netdev in rtl_remove_one.)

Applied, thanks.