Re: [PATCH] Fix netpoll cleanup on abort without dev

[Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 10:54:01AM -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> ==> Regarding [PATCH] Fix netpoll cleanup on abort without dev; Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> adds:
> 
> mpm> If netpoll attempts to use a device without polling support, it will
> mpm> oops when shutting down. This adds a check that we've actually
> mpm> attached to a device.
> 
> Hi, Matt,
> 
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but how do we successfully return from
> netpoll_setup without np->dev filled in?  Netpoll_setup has the following:
> 
>         if (!ndev->poll_controller) {
>                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s doesn't support polling, aborting.\n",
>                        np->name, np->dev_name);
>                 goto release;
>         }

We don't. What happens is netconsole is blindly calling
netpoll_cleanup on module exit. I could move the np->dev check up to
that point, but it seems to me that netpoll_cleanup should be made
harmless instead.

ps: you still owe me a netpoll patch

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