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Date:      Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:25:21 +1200
From:      Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_bridge.c
Message-ID:  <20050827012521.GC44027@heff.fud.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <200508270117.j7R1Hgkw003979@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200508270117.j7R1Hgkw003979@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 01:17:42AM +0000, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> thompsa     2005-08-27 01:17:42 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/net              if_bridge.c 
>   Log:
>   Fix a panic in softclock() if the interface is destroyed with a bpf consumer
>   attached.
>   
>   This is caused by bpf_detachd clearing IFF_PROMISC on the interface which does
>   a SIOCSIFFLAGS ioctl. The problem here is that while the interface has been
>   stopped, IFF_UP has not been cleared so IFF_UP != IFF_DRV_RUNNING, this causes
>   the ioctl function to init() the interface which resets the callouts.
>   
>   The destroy then completes and frees the softc but softclock will panic on a
>   dead callout pointer.
>   
>   Ensure ifp->if_flags matches reality by clearing IFF_UP when we destroy.
>   

Spotted by:	pjd



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