From: yangerkun <yangerkun@huawei.com> [ Upstream commit f596c87005f7b1baeb7d62d9a9e25d68c3dfae10 ] As the description before netdev_run_todo, we cannot call free_netdev before rtnl_unlock, fix it by reorder the code. Signed-off-by: yangerkun <yangerkun@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> --- drivers/net/slip/slip.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c index 93f303e..5d864f8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c +++ b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c @@ -863,7 +863,10 @@ static int slip_open(struct tty_struct *tty) tty->disc_data = NULL; clear_bit(SLF_INUSE, &sl->flags); sl_free_netdev(sl->dev); + /* do not call free_netdev before rtnl_unlock */ + rtnl_unlock(); free_netdev(sl->dev); + return err; err_exit: rtnl_unlock(); -- 1.8.3