Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] cnic: Fix occasional NULL pointer dereference during reboot.

[David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:08:19 -0700

> We register with bnx2x before we allocate ctx_tbl structure, so it is
> possible for bnx2x to call cnic_ctl before the structure is allocated.
> This can sometimes cause NULL pointer dereference of cp->ctx_tbl.  We
> fix this by adding simple checking for valid state before proceeding.
> The cnic_ctl call is RCU protected so we don't have to deal with race
> conditions.
> 
> Because of the additional checking, we need to finish the shutdown
> before clearing the CNIC_UP flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.
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