The caller has a valid pointer, pass it to rndis_filter_halt_device and avoid any possible RCU races here. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c index 8927c483c217..668680abaffb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c @@ -944,12 +944,11 @@ static bool netvsc_device_idle(const struct netvsc_device *nvdev) return true; } -static void rndis_filter_halt_device(struct rndis_device *dev) +static void rndis_filter_halt_device(struct netvsc_device *nvdev, + struct rndis_device *dev) { struct rndis_request *request; struct rndis_halt_request *halt; - struct net_device_context *net_device_ctx = netdev_priv(dev->ndev); - struct netvsc_device *nvdev = rtnl_dereference(net_device_ctx->nvdev); /* Attempt to do a rndis device halt */ request = get_rndis_request(dev, RNDIS_MSG_HALT, @@ -1348,7 +1347,7 @@ void rndis_filter_device_remove(struct hv_device *dev, cancel_work_sync(&net_dev->subchan_work); /* Halt and release the rndis device */ - rndis_filter_halt_device(rndis_dev); + rndis_filter_halt_device(net_dev, rndis_dev); net_dev->extension = NULL; -- 2.16.2 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel