netdev - RE: [PATCH net 2/4] hv_netvsc: reset vf

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Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:38:06 +0000
From:	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 2/4] hv_netvsc: reset vf_inject on VF removal



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vitaly Kuznetsov [mailto:vkuznets@...hat.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 6:59 AM
> To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: devel@...uxdriverproject.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Haiyang
> Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>; KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> 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@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>