netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] hv_netvsc: Fix net device attach on older Windows hosts

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Date:   Thu, 10 May 2018 15:37:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mgamal@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, sthemmin@...rosoft.com, kys@...rosoft.com,
        haiyangz@...rosoft.com, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        vkuznets@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hv_netvsc: Fix net device attach on older Windows
 hosts

From: Mohammed Gamal <mgamal@...hat.com>
Date: Wed,  9 May 2018 10:17:34 +0200

> On older windows hosts the net_device instance is returned to
> the caller of rndis_filter_device_add() without having the presence
> bit set first. This would cause any subsequent calls to network device
> operations (e.g. MTU change, channel change) to fail after the device
> is detached once, returning -ENODEV.
> 
> Instead of returning the device instabce, we take the exit path where
> we call netif_device_attach()
> 
> Fixes: 7b2ee50c0cd5 ("hv_netvsc: common detach logic")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Gamal <mgamal@...hat.com>

Applied.