The rx_mode operation handler is different than other callbacks
in that is not always called with rtnl held. Therefore use
RCU to ensure that references are valid.
Fixes: bee9d41b37ea ("hv_netvsc: propagate rx filters to VF")
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthem...@microsoft.com>
---
drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index cdb78eefab67..48d9fa7a66c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -89,15 +89,20 @@ static void netvsc_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *net,
int change)
static void netvsc_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *net)
{
struct net_device_context *ndev_ctx = netdev_priv(net);
- struct net_device *vf_netdev = rtnl_dereference(ndev_ctx->vf_netdev);
- struct netvsc_device *nvdev = rtnl_dereference(ndev_ctx->nvdev);
+ struct net_device *vf_netdev;
+ struct netvsc_device *nvdev;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ vf_netdev = rcu_dereference(ndev_ctx->vf_netdev);
if (vf_netdev) {
dev_uc_sync(vf_netdev, net);
dev_mc_sync(vf_netdev, net);
}
- rndis_filter_update(nvdev);
+ nvdev = rcu_dereference(ndev_ctx->nvdev);
+ if (nvdev)
+ rndis_filter_update(nvdev);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
static int netvsc_open(struct net_device *net)
--
2.16.1
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