[PATCH] net: usb: kaweth: remove TX queue manipulation in kaweth_set_rx_mode

From: Ziyi Guo

Date: Mon Feb 09 2026 - 00:30:33 EST


kaweth_set_rx_mode(), the ndo_set_rx_mode callback, calls
netif_stop_queue() and netif_wake_queue(). These are TX queue flow
control functions unrelated to RX multicast configuration.

The premature netif_wake_queue() can re-enable TX while tx_urb is still
in-flight, leading to a double usb_submit_urb() on the same URB:

kaweth_start_xmit() {
netif_stop_queue();
usb_submit_urb(kaweth->tx_urb);
}

kaweth_set_rx_mode() {
netif_stop_queue();
netif_wake_queue(); // wakes TX queue before URB is done
}

kaweth_start_xmit() {
netif_stop_queue();
usb_submit_urb(kaweth->tx_urb); // URB submitted while active
}

This triggers the WARN in usb_submit_urb():

"URB submitted while active"

This is a similar class of bug fixed in rtl8150 by
commit 958baf5eaee3 ("net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast")

Signed-off-by: Ziyi Guo <n7l8m4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
index c9efb7df892e..406d1bd070fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
@@ -765,8 +765,6 @@ static void kaweth_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *net)

netdev_dbg(net, "Setting Rx mode to %d\n", packet_filter_bitmap);

- netif_stop_queue(net);
-
if (net->flags & IFF_PROMISC) {
packet_filter_bitmap |= KAWETH_PACKET_FILTER_PROMISCUOUS;
}
@@ -775,7 +773,6 @@ static void kaweth_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *net)
}

kaweth->packet_filter_bitmap = packet_filter_bitmap;
- netif_wake_queue(net);
}

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