Re: [PATCH net v2 0/5] hv_netvsc: fixes for VF removal path

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Aug 15 2016 - 16:48:28 EST


From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:48:38 +0200

> Kernel crash is reported after VF is removed and detached from netvsc
> device. Turns out we have multiple different (but related) issues on the
> VF removal path which I'm trying to address with PATCHes 2-5 of this
> series. PATCH1 is required to support the change.
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Re-arrange patches in the series to not introduce new issues [David Miller]
> - Add PATCH5 which fixes a new issue I discovered while testing.
> - Add Haiyang' A-b tags to PATCH1-4
>
> With regards to Stephen's suggestion: I believe that switching to using RCU
> and eliminating vf_use_cnt/vf_inject is the right thing to do long-term, we
> can either put this on top of this series or do it later in net-next.

Series applied, thanks.