The ethtool info command calls the netvsc get_sset_count with RTNL
but not with RCU. Which causes warning:
drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c:1010 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 4421a6d00375..d93e4da25fd2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static const struct {
static int netvsc_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int string_set)
{
struct net_device_context *ndc = netdev_priv(dev);
- struct netvsc_device *nvdev = rcu_dereference(ndc->nvdev);
+ struct netvsc_device *nvdev = rtnl_dereference(ndc->nvdev);
if (!nvdev)
return -ENODEV;
--
2.11.0
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