syzbot reported WARNING in rtl8150_start_xmit/usb_submit_urb. This is the sequence of events that leads to the warning: rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); } rtl8150_set_multicast() { netif_stop_queue(); netif_wake_queue(); <-- wakes up TX queue before URB is done } rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); <-- double submission } rtl8150_set_multicast being the ndo_set_rx_mode callback should not be calling netif_stop_queue and notif_start_queue as these handle TX queue synchronization. The net core function dev_set_rx_mode handles the synchronization for rtl8150_set_multicast making it safe to remove these locks. Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+78cae3f37c62ad092caa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=78cae3f37c62ad092caa Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Tested-by: Michal Pecio Signed-off-by: I Viswanath --- v1: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250920045059.48400-1-viswanathiyyappan@gmail.com/ v2: - Add explanation why netif_stop_queue/netif_wake_queue can be safely removed - Add the net prefix to the patch, designating it to the net tree Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250920181852.18164-1-viswanathiyyappan@gmail.com/ v3: - Simplified the event sequence that lead to the warning - Added Tested-by tag drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c index ddff6f19ff98..92add3daadbb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c @@ -664,7 +664,6 @@ static void rtl8150_set_multicast(struct net_device *netdev) rtl8150_t *dev = netdev_priv(netdev); u16 rx_creg = 0x9e; - netif_stop_queue(netdev); if (netdev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) { rx_creg |= 0x0001; dev_info(&netdev->dev, "%s: promiscuous mode\n", netdev->name); @@ -678,7 +677,6 @@ static void rtl8150_set_multicast(struct net_device *netdev) rx_creg &= 0x00fc; } async_set_registers(dev, RCR, sizeof(rx_creg), rx_creg); - netif_wake_queue(netdev); } static netdev_tx_t rtl8150_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, -- 2.47.3