Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The following would allow udev a chance at the device. > This would of course work but the approach is a bit hackish and can still fail on a loaded system. Raising the pause interval would be an option, but again, probably not the best one. Let me try to send an RFC removing the check it dev_change_name() and if it turns out that it can't be removed we can go back to your patch. But in case it can we can leave without it. Thanks, > From 37fb240a6107834c3dd3f57caede9d73b807f414 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 08:39:24 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH] netvsc: delay setup of VF device > > When VF device is discovered, delay bring it automatically up in > order to allow userspace to some simple changes (like renaming). > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h | 2 +- > drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 11 ++++++----- > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h > index d1ea99a12cf2..f620c90307ed 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h > +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h > @@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ struct net_device_context { > /* State to manage the associated VF interface. */ > struct net_device __rcu *vf_netdev; > struct netvsc_vf_pcpu_stats __percpu *vf_stats; > - struct work_struct vf_takeover; > + struct delayed_work vf_takeover; > > /* 1: allocated, serial number is valid. 0: not allocated */ > u32 vf_alloc; > diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c > index 7ebf0e10e62b..1dff160368a3 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c > +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c > @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ > > #define RING_SIZE_MIN 64 > #define LINKCHANGE_INT (2 * HZ) > +#define VF_TAKEOVER_INT (HZ / 10) > > static int ring_size = 128; > module_param(ring_size, int, S_IRUGO); > @@ -1570,7 +1571,7 @@ static int netvsc_vf_join(struct net_device *vf_netdev, > /* set slave flag before open to prevent IPv6 addrconf */ > vf_netdev->flags |= IFF_SLAVE; > > - schedule_work(&ndev_ctx->vf_takeover); > + schedule_delayed_work(&ndev_ctx->vf_takeover, VF_TAKEOVER_INT); > > netdev_info(vf_netdev, "joined to %s\n", ndev->name); > return 0; > @@ -1608,12 +1609,12 @@ static void __netvsc_vf_setup(struct net_device *ndev, > static void netvsc_vf_setup(struct work_struct *w) > { > struct net_device_context *ndev_ctx > - = container_of(w, struct net_device_context, vf_takeover); > + = container_of(w, struct net_device_context, vf_takeover.work); > struct net_device *ndev = hv_get_drvdata(ndev_ctx->device_ctx); > struct net_device *vf_netdev; > > if (!rtnl_trylock()) { > - schedule_work(w); > + schedule_delayed_work(&ndev_ctx->vf_takeover, 0); > return; > } > > @@ -1717,7 +1718,7 @@ static int netvsc_unregister_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev) > return NOTIFY_DONE; > > net_device_ctx = netdev_priv(ndev); > - cancel_work_sync(&net_device_ctx->vf_takeover); > + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&net_device_ctx->vf_takeover); > > netdev_info(ndev, "VF unregistering: %s\n", vf_netdev->name); > > @@ -1759,7 +1760,7 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev, > > spin_lock_init(&net_device_ctx->lock); > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net_device_ctx->reconfig_events); > - INIT_WORK(&net_device_ctx->vf_takeover, netvsc_vf_setup); > + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&net_device_ctx->vf_takeover, netvsc_vf_setup); > > net_device_ctx->vf_stats > = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct netvsc_vf_pcpu_stats); -- Vitaly _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel