[PATCH] igb: Fix null pointer dereference

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Tue Mar 12 2013 - 16:09:28 EST


The max_vfs= option has always been self limiting to the number of VFs
supported by the device. fa44f2f1 added SR-IOV configuration via
sysfs, but in the process broke this self correction factor. The
failing path is:

igb_probe
igb_sw_init
if (max_vfs > 7) {
adapter->vfs_allocated_count = 7;
...
igb_probe_vfs
igb_enable_sriov(, max_vfs)
if (num_vfs > 7) {
err = -EPERM;
...

This leaves vfs_allocated_count = 7 and vf_data = NULL, so we bomb out
when igb_probe finally calls igb_reset. It seems like a really bad
idea, and somewhat pointless, to set vfs_allocated_count separate from
vf_data, but limiting max_vfs is enough to avoid the null pointer.

Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index ed79a1c..d5b8289 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@ static int igb_sw_init(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
if (max_vfs > 7) {
dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
"Maximum of 7 VFs per PF, using max\n");
- adapter->vfs_allocated_count = 7;
+ max_vfs = adapter->vfs_allocated_count = 7;
} else
adapter->vfs_allocated_count = max_vfs;
if (adapter->vfs_allocated_count)

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