1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index e9e231215865..95c9f7e16776 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -57,12 +57,15 @@ void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
 static inline bool netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-        struct netpoll_info *npinfo = skb->dev->npinfo;
+        struct netpoll_info *npinfo;
         unsigned long flags;
         bool ret = false;
 
+        rcu_read_lock_bh();
+        npinfo = rcu_dereference(skb->dev->npinfo);
+
         if (!npinfo || (list_empty(&npinfo->rx_np) && !npinfo->rx_flags))
-                return false;
+                goto out;
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&npinfo->rx_lock, flags);
         /* check rx_flags again with the lock held */
@@ -70,12 +73,14 @@ static inline bool netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
                 ret = true;
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&npinfo->rx_lock, flags);
 
+out:
+        rcu_read_unlock_bh();
         return ret;
 }
 
 static inline int netpoll_rx_on(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-        struct netpoll_info *npinfo = skb->dev->npinfo;
+        struct netpoll_info *npinfo = rcu_dereference(skb->dev->npinfo);
 
         return npinfo && (!list_empty(&npinfo->rx_np) || npinfo->rx_flags);
 }
@@ -91,7 +96,6 @@ static inline void *netpoll_poll_lock(struct napi_struct *napi)
 {
         struct net_device *dev = napi->dev;
 
-        rcu_read_lock(); /* deal with race on ->npinfo */
         if (dev && dev->npinfo) {
                 spin_lock(&napi->poll_lock);
                 napi->poll_owner = smp_processor_id();
@@ -108,7 +112,6 @@ static inline void netpoll_poll_unlock(void *have)
                 napi->poll_owner = -1;
                 spin_unlock(&napi->poll_lock);
         }
-        rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 #else