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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index ae34f5fc7fbc..3f021e054ba1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -711,7 +711,8 @@ static void xenvif_tx_err(struct xenvif *vif,
static void xenvif_fatal_tx_err(struct xenvif *vif)
{
netdev_err(vif->dev, "fatal error; disabling device\n");
- xenvif_carrier_off(vif);
+ vif->disabled = true;
+ xenvif_kick_thread(vif);
}
static int xenvif_count_requests(struct xenvif *vif,
@@ -1212,7 +1213,7 @@ static unsigned xenvif_tx_build_gops(struct xenvif *vif, int budget)
vif->tx.sring->req_prod, vif->tx.req_cons,
XEN_NETIF_TX_RING_SIZE);
xenvif_fatal_tx_err(vif);
- continue;
+ break;
}
work_to_do = RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS(&vif->tx);
@@ -1808,7 +1809,18 @@ int xenvif_kthread_guest_rx(void *data)
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
wait_event_interruptible(vif->wq,
rx_work_todo(vif) ||
+ vif->disabled ||
kthread_should_stop());
+
+ /* This frontend is found to be rogue, disable it in
+ * kthread context. Currently this is only set when
+ * netback finds out frontend sends malformed packet,
+ * but we cannot disable the interface in softirq
+ * context so we defer it here.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(vif->disabled && netif_carrier_ok(vif->dev)))
+ xenvif_carrier_off(vif);
+
if (kthread_should_stop())
break;