Prevent a kernel warning when netconsole setup fails on devices with IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL flag. The warning (at kernel/workqueue.c:4242 in __flush_work) occurs because the cleanup path tries to cancel an uninitialized work queue. When __netpoll_setup() encounters a device with IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL, it fails early and calls skb_pool_flush() for cleanup. This function calls cancel_work_sync(&np->refill_wq), but refill_wq hasn't been initialized yet, triggering the warning. Move INIT_WORK() to the beginning of __netpoll_setup(), ensuring the work queue is properly initialized before any potential failure points. This allows the cleanup path to safely cancel the work queue regardless of where the setup fails. Fixes: 248f6571fd4c5 ("netpoll: Optimize skb refilling on critical path") Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao --- net/core/netpoll.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c index 331764845e8f..09f72f10813c 100644 --- a/net/core/netpoll.c +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev) int err; skb_queue_head_init(&np->skb_pool); + INIT_WORK(&np->refill_wq, refill_skbs_work_handler); if (ndev->priv_flags & IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL) { np_err(np, "%s doesn't support polling, aborting\n", @@ -591,7 +592,6 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev) /* fill up the skb queue */ refill_skbs(np); - INIT_WORK(&np->refill_wq, refill_skbs_work_handler); /* last thing to do is link it to the net device structure */ rcu_assign_pointer(ndev->npinfo, npinfo); --- base-commit: f07f4ea53e22429c84b20832fa098b5ecc0d4e35 change-id: 20251127-netpoll_fix_init_work-5e4df6c57cf2 Best regards, -- Breno Leitao