netdev - [PATCH PATCH net v2 3/4] hv_netvsc: fix locking for rx

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Message-Id: <20180307214912.5470-4-sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Date:   Wed,  7 Mar 2018 13:49:11 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Cc:     devel@...uxdriverproject.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH PATCH net v2 3/4] hv_netvsc: fix locking for rx_mode

The rx_mode operation handler is different than other callbacks
in that is not always called with rtnl held. Therefore use
RCU to ensure that references are valid.

Fixes: bee9d41b37ea ("hv_netvsc: propagate rx filters to VF")
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index cdb78eefab67..48d9fa7a66c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -89,15 +89,20 @@ static void netvsc_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *net, int change)
 static void netvsc_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *net)
 {
 	struct net_device_context *ndev_ctx = netdev_priv(net);
-	struct net_device *vf_netdev = rtnl_dereference(ndev_ctx->vf_netdev);
-	struct netvsc_device *nvdev = rtnl_dereference(ndev_ctx->nvdev);
+	struct net_device *vf_netdev;
+	struct netvsc_device *nvdev;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	vf_netdev = rcu_dereference(ndev_ctx->vf_netdev);
 	if (vf_netdev) {
 		dev_uc_sync(vf_netdev, net);
 		dev_mc_sync(vf_netdev, net);
 	}
 
-	rndis_filter_update(nvdev);
+	nvdev = rcu_dereference(ndev_ctx->nvdev);
+	if (nvdev)
+		rndis_filter_update(nvdev);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static int netvsc_open(struct net_device *net)
-- 
2.16.1