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Message-ID: <20230809024013-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 02:40:19 -0400
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc: xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] virtio-net: set queues after driver_ok

On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 11:13:29PM -0400, Jason Wang wrote:
> Commit 25266128fe16 ("virtio-net: fix race between set queues and
> probe") tries to fix the race between set queues and probe by calling
> _virtnet_set_queues() before DRIVER_OK is set. This violates virtio
> spec. Fixing this by setting queues after virtio_device_ready().
> 
> Fixes: 25266128fe16 ("virtio-net: fix race between set queues and probe")
> Reported-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

> ---
> The patch is needed for -stable.
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 1270c8d23463..ff03921e46df 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -4219,8 +4219,6 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  	if (vi->has_rss || vi->has_rss_hash_report)
>  		virtnet_init_default_rss(vi);
>  
> -	_virtnet_set_queues(vi, vi->curr_queue_pairs);
> -
>  	/* serialize netdev register + virtio_device_ready() with ndo_open() */
>  	rtnl_lock();
>  
> @@ -4233,6 +4231,8 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  
>  	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
>  
> +	_virtnet_set_queues(vi, vi->curr_queue_pairs);
> +
>  	/* a random MAC address has been assigned, notify the device.
>  	 * We don't fail probe if VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR is not there
>  	 * because many devices work fine without getting MAC explicitly
> -- 
> 2.39.3