Re: [PATCH net,v5, 3/3] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode

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On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:23:43 -0800
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When a VF is being exposed form the kernel, it should be marked as "slave"
> before exposing to the user-mode. The VF is not usable without netvsc
> running as master. The user-mode should never see a VF without the "slave"
> flag.
> 
> This commit moves the code of setting the slave flag to the time before
> VF is exposed to user-mode.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 0c195567a8f6 ("netvsc: transparent VF management")
> Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>






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