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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Paul Mackerras Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ppp: disconnect channel before nullifying pch->chan Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:37:30 +0800 Message-ID: <20260312093732.277254-1-dqfext@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In ppp_unregister_channel(), pch->chan is set to NULL before calling ppp_disconnect_channel(), which removes the channel from ppp->channels list using list_del_rcu() + synchronize_net(). This creates an intermediate state where the channel is still connected (on the list) but already unregistered (pch->chan == NULL). Call ppp_disconnect_channel() before setting pch->chan to NULL. After the synchronize_net(), no new reader on the transmit path will hold a reference to the channel from the list. This eliminates the problematic state, and prepares for removing the pch->chan NULL checks from the transmit path in a subsequent patch. Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng --- drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c index 6344c5eb0f98..ad480b584e25 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c @@ -3032,12 +3032,12 @@ ppp_unregister_channel(struct ppp_channel *chan) * This ensures that we have returned from any calls into * the channel's start_xmit or ioctl routine before we proceed. */ + ppp_disconnect_channel(pch); down_write(&pch->chan_sem); spin_lock_bh(&pch->downl); WRITE_ONCE(pch->chan, NULL); spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl); up_write(&pch->chan_sem); - ppp_disconnect_channel(pch); pn = ppp_pernet(pch->chan_net); spin_lock_bh(&pn->all_channels_lock); -- 2.43.0