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net: dsa: microchip: Added the condition for scheduling ksz_mib_read_work

When the ksz module is installed and removed using rmmod, kernel crashes
with null pointer dereferrence error. During rmmod, ksz_switch_remove
function tries to cancel the mib_read_workqueue using
cancel_delayed_work_sync routine and unregister switch from dsa.

During dsa_unregister_switch it calls ksz_mac_link_down, which in turn
reschedules the workqueue since mib_interval is non-zero.
Due to which queue executed after mib_interval and it tries to access
dp->slave. But the slave is unregistered in the ksz_switch_remove
function. Hence kernel crashes.

To avoid this crash, before canceling the workqueue, resetted the
mib_interval to 0.

v1 -> v2:
-Removed the if condition in ksz_mib_read_work

Fixes: 469b390e1ba3 ("net: dsa: microchip: use delayed_work instead of timer + work")
Signed-off-by: Arun Ramadoss <arun.ramadoss@microchip.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Arun Ramadoss and committed by
David S. Miller
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+3 -1
+3 -1
drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c
··· 449 449 void ksz_switch_remove(struct ksz_device *dev) 450 450 { 451 451 /* timer started */ 452 - if (dev->mib_read_interval) 452 + if (dev->mib_read_interval) { 453 + dev->mib_read_interval = 0; 453 454 cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->mib_read); 455 + } 454 456 455 457 dev->dev_ops->exit(dev); 456 458 dsa_unregister_switch(dev->ds);