RE: [PATCH net 2/4] hv_netvsc: reset vf_inject on VF removal

From: Haiyang Zhang
Date: Thu Aug 11 2016 - 12:10:44 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vitaly Kuznetsov [mailto:vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 6:59 AM
> To: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang
> Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH net 2/4] hv_netvsc: reset vf_inject on VF removal
>
> We reset vf_inject on VF going down (netvsc_vf_down()) but we don't on
> VF removal (netvsc_unregister_vf()) so vf_inject stays 'true' while
> vf_netdev is already NULL and we're trying to inject packets into NULL
> net device in netvsc_recv_callback() causing kernel to crash.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>