The command VQ will no longer be protected by the RTNL lock. Use a spinlock to protect the control buffer header and the VQ. Signed-off-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index ff93d18992e4..b9298544b1b5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ struct virtnet_info { /* Has control virtqueue */ bool has_cvq; + spinlock_t cvq_lock; /* Host can handle any s/g split between our header and packet data */ bool any_header_sg; @@ -2529,6 +2530,7 @@ static bool virtnet_send_command(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd, /* Caller should know better */ BUG_ON(!virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ)); + guard(spinlock)(&vi->cvq_lock); vi->ctrl->status = ~0; vi->ctrl->hdr.class = class; vi->ctrl->hdr.cmd = cmd; @@ -4800,8 +4802,10 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) vi->any_header_sg = true; - if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ)) + if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ)) { vi->has_cvq = true; + spin_lock_init(&vi->cvq_lock); + } if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU)) { mtu = virtio_cread16(vdev, -- 2.42.0