netdev - [PATCH net 1/3] netvsc: fix rcu dereference warning from ethtool

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Date:   Mon,  5 Jun 2017 14:10:08 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/3] netvsc: fix rcu dereference warning from ethtool

The ethtool info command calls the netvsc get_sset_count with RTNL
but not with RCU. Which causes warning:

drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c:1010 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 4421a6d00375..d93e4da25fd2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static const struct {
 static int netvsc_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int string_set)
 {
 	struct net_device_context *ndc = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct netvsc_device *nvdev = rcu_dereference(ndc->nvdev);
+	struct netvsc_device *nvdev = rtnl_dereference(ndc->nvdev);
 
 	if (!nvdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
-- 
2.11.0