Re: [PATCH] xen-netfront: Delete rx_refill_timer in xennet_disconnect_backend()

From	Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] xen-netfront: Delete rx_refill_timer in xennet_disconnect_backend()
Date	2017-02-03 10:40 +0100
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On 30/01/17 18:45, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> rx_refill_timer should be deleted as soon as we disconnect from the
> backend since otherwise it is possible for the timer to go off before
> we get to xennet_destroy_queues(). If this happens we may dereference
> queue->rx.sring which is set to NULL in xennet_disconnect_backend().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
> CC: stable@vger.kernel.org

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>


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Re: [PATCH] xen-netfront: Delete rx_refill_timer in  xennet_disconnect_backend() Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> - 2017-02-03 10:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] xen-netfront: Delete rx_refill_timer in  xennet_disconnect_backend() Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-02-09 14:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] xen-netfront: Delete rx_refill_timer in  xennet_disconnect_backend() David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-02-10 20:00 +0100

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