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/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
index 3b957e6412ee..8a7b8c7bd781 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
@@ -3111,10 +3111,11 @@ static int ucc_geth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         u8 __iomem *bd;                 /* BD pointer */
         u32 bd_status;
         u8 txQ = 0;
+        unsigned long flags;
 
         ugeth_vdbg("%s: IN", __func__);
 
-        spin_lock_irq(&ugeth->lock);
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&ugeth->lock, flags);
 
         dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 
@@ -3171,7 +3172,7 @@ static int ucc_geth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         uccf = ugeth->uccf;
         out_be16(uccf->p_utodr, UCC_FAST_TOD);
 #endif
-        spin_unlock_irq(&ugeth->lock);
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ugeth->lock, flags);
 
         return 0;
 }