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ixgbe: pci_set_drvdata must be called before register_netdev
authorJeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Sat, 3 Jun 2017 22:01:17 +0000 (18:01 -0400)
committerJack Vogel <jack.vogel@oracle.com>
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 02:43:49 +0000 (19:43 -0700)
commit243083521e2e9692803a552420f7edc718faf7c0
treefeccae320182068acc6b6ac15ff7ba7a3bb88e92
parent206ce0910cfbb7b7d1312a5b6cc81ace9a34a56f
ixgbe: pci_set_drvdata must be called before register_netdev

We call pci_set_drvdata immediately after calling register_netdev,
which leaves a window where tasks writing to the sriov_numvfs sysfs
attribute can sneak in and crash the kernel.  register_netdev cleans
up after itself so placing pci_set_drvdata immediately before it
should preserve the intent of commit 0fb6a55cc31f ("ixgbe: fix crash
on rmmod after probe fail").

Fixes: 0fb6a55cc31f ("ixgbe: fix crash on rmmod after probe fail")
Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Orabug: 26785078
(cherry picked from commit a09c0fc3f5d775231f1884e0e66c495065a461ee)
Signed-off-by: Jack Vogel <jack.vogel@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Ethan Zhao <ethan.zhao@oracle.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c