> From: K. Y. Srinivasan > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 3:17 > Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/1] hv_netvsc: Wait for sub-channels to be processed > during probe > > The current code returns from probe without waiting for the proper handling > of subchannels that may be requested. If the netvsc driver were to be rapidly > loaded/unloaded, we can trigger a panic as the unload will be tearing > down state that may not have been fully setup yet. We fix this issue by making > sure that we return from the probe call only after ensuring that the > sub-channel offers in flight are properly handled. > > --- > drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h | 2 ++ > drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
BTW, not sure if we should make the same fix to storvsc. IMO storvsc should have the same issue, at least in theory, though usually it's unlikely to unload storvsc. :-) Thanks, -- Dexuan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
