[PATCH net v2] virtio_net: fix missing lock protection on control_buf access

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Refactored the handling of control_buf to be within the cvq_lock
critical section, mitigating race conditions between reading device
responses and new command submissions.

Fixes: 6f45ab3e0409 ("virtio_net: Add a lock for the command VQ.")
Signed-off-by: Heng Qi <hengqi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1->v2:
  - Use the ok instead of ret.

 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 4a802c0ea2cb..1ea8e6a24286 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2686,6 +2686,7 @@ static bool virtnet_send_command_reply(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd
 {
 	struct scatterlist *sgs[5], hdr, stat;
 	u32 out_num = 0, tmp, in_num = 0;
+	bool ok;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Caller should know better */
@@ -2731,8 +2732,9 @@ static bool virtnet_send_command_reply(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd
 	}
 
 unlock:
+	ok = vi->ctrl->status == VIRTIO_NET_OK;
 	mutex_unlock(&vi->cvq_lock);
-	return vi->ctrl->status == VIRTIO_NET_OK;
+	return ok;
 }
 
 static bool virtnet_send_command(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd,
-- 
2.32.0.3.g01195cf9f





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