linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 04/11] hv_netvsc: Disable NAPI before closing the VMBus channel

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Message-ID: <20200326175531.GA20523@andrea>
Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:55:31 +0100
From:   Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "K . Y . Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 04/11] hv_netvsc: Disable NAPI before closing the
 VMBus channel

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 08:26:36AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:54:58 +0100
> "Andrea Parri (Microsoft)" <parri.andrea@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > vmbus_chan_sched() might call the netvsc driver callback function that
> > ends up scheduling NAPI work.  This "work" can access the channel ring
> > buffer, so we must ensure that any such work is completed and that the
> > ring buffer is no longer being accessed before freeing the ring buffer
> > data structure in the channel closure path.  To this end, disable NAPI
> > before calling vmbus_close() in netvsc_device_remove().
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri (Microsoft) <parri.andrea@...il.com>
> > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> > Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
> 
> Do you have a test that reproduces this issue?

I don't (or I'm not aware of such a test).


> 
> The netvsc device is somewhat unique in that it needs NAPI
> enabled on the primary channel to interact with the host.
> Therefore it can't call napi_disable in the normal dev->stop() place.
> 
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

Thanks!

  Andrea