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

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Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:48:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vkuznets@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, haiyangz@...rosoft.com,
	kys@...rosoft.com, stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 0/5] hv_netvsc: fixes for VF removal path

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
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.