If rndis_filter_open() fails, we need to remove the rndis device created in earlier steps, before returning an error code. Otherwise, the retry of netvsc_attach() from its callers will fail and hang. Fixes: 7b2ee50c0cd5 ("hv_netvsc: common detach logic") Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c index 734e411..a14fc8e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c @@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ static int netvsc_attach(struct net_device *ndev, if (netif_running(ndev)) { ret = rndis_filter_open(nvdev); if (ret) - return ret; + goto err; rdev = nvdev->extension; if (!rdev->link_state) @@ -990,6 +990,13 @@ static int netvsc_attach(struct net_device *ndev, } return 0; + +err: + netif_device_detach(ndev); + + rndis_filter_device_remove(hdev, nvdev); + + return ret; } static int netvsc_set_channels(struct net_device *net, -- 1.8.3.1