net/kni: fix crash caused by double stop

[dpdk.git] / drivers / net / kni / rte_eth_kni.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/kni/rte_eth_kni.c b/drivers/net/kni/rte_eth_kni.c
index 7cba92e2ed253fecf4ad4e81d4cb9039af5ca854..d88cb1778eae618a822ace63d277d94b789f87e2 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/kni/rte_eth_kni.c
+++ b/drivers/net/kni/rte_eth_kni.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ eth_kni_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
        }
 
        if (internals->no_request_thread == 0) {
+               internals->stop_thread = 0;
+
                ret = rte_ctrl_thread_create(&internals->thread,
                        "kni_handle_req", NULL,
                        kni_handle_request, internals);
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ eth_kni_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
        struct pmd_internals *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
        int ret;
 
-       if (internals->no_request_thread == 0) {
+       if (internals->no_request_thread == 0 && internals->stop_thread == 0) {
                internals->stop_thread = 1;
 
                ret = pthread_cancel(internals->thread);
@@ -187,8 +189,6 @@ eth_kni_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
                ret = pthread_join(internals->thread, NULL);
                if (ret)
                        PMD_LOG(ERR, "Can't join the thread");
-
-               internals->stop_thread = 0;
        }
 
        dev->data->dev_link.link_status = 0;