drivers/net: fixed drivers that support netpoll use ndo_start_xmit()

The NETPOLL API requires that interrupts remain disabled in
netpoll_send_skb(). The use of spin_lock_irq() and spin_unlock_irq()
in the NETPOLL API callbacks causes the interrupts to get enabled and
can lead to kernel instability.

The solution is to use spin_lock_irqsave() and spin_unlock_restore()
to prevent the irqs from getting enabled while in netpoll_send_skb().

Call trace:
netpoll_send_skb()
{
   -> local_irq_save(flags)
     ---> dev->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev)
         ---> spin_lock_irq()
         ---> spin_unlock_irq() *******here would enable the interrupt.
              ...
   -> local_irq_restore(flags)
}

Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c b/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
index 99a63649f4fc..4cf9a6588751 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
@@ -652,8 +652,9 @@ tulip_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	int entry;
 	u32 flag;
 	dma_addr_t mapping;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&tp->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&tp->lock, flags);
 
 	/* Calculate the next Tx descriptor entry. */
 	entry = tp->cur_tx % TX_RING_SIZE;
@@ -688,7 +689,7 @@ tulip_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	/* Trigger an immediate transmit demand. */
 	iowrite32(0, tp->base_addr + CSR1);
 
-	spin_unlock_irq(&tp->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tp->lock, flags);
 
 	dev->trans_start = jiffies;