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authorGao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>2011-10-11 16:08:11 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-10-18 23:55:29 -0400
commitd5123480b1d6f7d1a5fe1a13520cef88fb5d4c84 (patch)
treed0037d50b26f5b0fa70640f4c459924d2417341a /drivers/net/netconsole.c
parent6230c9b4f8957c8938ee4cf2d03166d3c2dc89de (diff)
downloadlinux-d5123480b1d6f7d1a5fe1a13520cef88fb5d4c84.tar.bz2
netconsole: enable netconsole can make net_device refcnt incorrent
There is no check if netconsole is enabled current. so when exec echo 1 > enabled; the reference of net_device will increment always. Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/netconsole.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/netconsole.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index ed2a3977c6e7..e8882023576b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ static ssize_t store_enabled(struct netconsole_target *nt,
return err;
if (enabled < 0 || enabled > 1)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (enabled == nt->enabled) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "netconsole: network logging has already %s\n",
+ nt->enabled ? "started" : "stopped");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
if (enabled) { /* 1 */