RE: [PATCH 04/11] hv_netvsc: Disable NAPI before closing the VMBus channel

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From: Andrea Parri (Microsoft) <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 5:15 PM
> 
> vmbus_chan_sched() might call the netvsc driver callback function that
> ends up scheduling NAPI work.  This "work" can access the channel ring
> buffer, so we must ensure that any such work is completed and that the
> ring buffer is no longer being accessed before freeing the ring buffer
> data structure in the channel closure path.  To this end, disable NAPI
> before calling vmbus_close() in netvsc_device_remove().
> 
> Suggested-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri (Microsoft) <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/hv/channel.c        | 6 ++++++
>  drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c | 7 +++++--
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>




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