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The qca_spi driver stop and restart the SPI kernel thread
(via ndo_stop & ndo_open) in case of TX ring changes. This is
a big issue because it allows userspace to prevent restart of
the SPI kernel thread (via signals). A subsequent change of
TX ring wrongly assume a valid spi_thread pointer which result
in a crash.
So prevent this by stopping the network traffic handling and
temporary park the SPI thread.
Fixes: 291ab06ecf67 ("net: qualcomm: new Ethernet over SPI driver for QCA7000")
Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@gmx.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231206141222.52029-2-wahrenst@gmx.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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