module_flash_fw_schedule() is missing undo for setting the "in_progress" flag and taking the netdev reference. Delay taking these, the device can't disappear while we are holding rtnl_lock. Fixes: 32b4c8b53ee7 ("ethtool: Add ability to flash transceiver modules' firmware") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- CC: andrew@lunn.ch CC: maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com CC: danieller@nvidia.com CC: petrm@nvidia.com --- net/ethtool/module.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ethtool/module.c b/net/ethtool/module.c index 741f6fb25d45..392c03935e5e 100644 --- a/net/ethtool/module.c +++ b/net/ethtool/module.c @@ -319,8 +319,6 @@ module_flash_fw_schedule(struct net_device *dev, const char *file_name, if (err < 0) goto err_release_firmware; - dev->ethtool->module_fw_flash_in_progress = true; - netdev_hold(dev, &module_fw->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL); fw_update->dev = dev; fw_update->ntf_params.portid = info->snd_portid; fw_update->ntf_params.seq = info->snd_seq; @@ -335,6 +333,9 @@ module_flash_fw_schedule(struct net_device *dev, const char *file_name, if (err < 0) goto err_release_firmware; + dev->ethtool->module_fw_flash_in_progress = true; + netdev_hold(dev, &module_fw->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL); + schedule_work(&module_fw->work); return 0; -- 2.54.0