netdev - [PATCH net internal 1/1] ibmvnic: check failover

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Message-Id: <20210908022043.138931-1-sukadev@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue,  7 Sep 2021 19:20:43 -0700
From:   Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Brian King <brking@...ux.ibm.com>, Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Rick Lindsley <ricklind@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net internal 1/1] ibmvnic: check failover_pending in login response

If a failover occurs before a login response is received, the login
response buffer maybe undefined. Check that there was no failover
before accessing the login response buffer.

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index a775c69e4fd7..6aa6ff89a765 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -4700,6 +4700,14 @@ static int handle_login_rsp(union ibmvnic_crq *login_rsp_crq,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (adapter->failover_pending) {
+		adapter->init_done_rc = -EAGAIN;
+		netdev_dbg(netdev, "Failover pending, ignoring login response\n");
+		complete(&adapter->init_done);
+		/* login response buffer will be released on reset */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	netdev->mtu = adapter->req_mtu - ETH_HLEN;
 
 	netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev, "Login Response Buffer:\n");
-- 
2.26.2