netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] virtio_net: set link state down when virtqueue is broken

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Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 17:28:08 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     wangyunjian <wangyunjian@...wei.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <mst@...hat.com>,
        <jasowang@...hat.com>, <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        <dingxiaoxiong@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] virtio_net: set link state down when virtqueue
 is broken

On Wed, 26 May 2021 19:39:51 +0800 wangyunjian wrote:
> +	for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
> +		if (virtqueue_is_broken(vi->rq[i].vq) || virtqueue_is_broken(vi->sq[i].vq)) {
> +			netif_carrier_off(netdev);
> +			netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
> +			vi->broken = true;

Can't comment on the virtio specifics but the lack of locking between
this and the code in virtnet_config_changed_work() seems surprising.