Re: [PATCH net-next V6 0/4] virtio-net: synchronize op/admin state

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On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 10:22:20AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
> This series tries to synchronize the operstate with the admin state
> which allows the lower virtio-net to propagate the link status to the
> upper devices like macvlan.
> 
> This is done by toggling carrier during ndo_open/stop while doing
> other necessary serialization about the carrier settings during probe.
> 
> While at it, also fix a race between probe and ndo_set_features as we
> didn't initalize the guest offload setting under rtnl lock.


Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Changes since V5:
> 
> - Fix sevreal typos
> - Include a new patch to synchronize probe with ndo_set_features
> 
> Changes since V4:
> 
> - do not update settings during ndo_open()
> - do not try to canel config noticiation during probe() as core make
>   sure the config notificaiton won't be triggered before probe is
>   done.
> - Tweak sevreal comments.
> 
> Changes since V3:
> 
> - when driver tries to enable config interrupt, check pending
>   interrupt and execute the nofitication change callback if necessary
> - do not unconditonally trigger the config space read
> - do not set LINK_UP flag in ndo_open/close but depends on the
>   notification change
> - disable config change notification until ndo_open()
> - read the link status under the rtnl_lock() to prevent a race with
>   ndo_open()
> 
> Changes since V2:
> 
> - introduce config_driver_disabled and helpers
> - schedule config change work unconditionally
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jason Wang (4):
>   virtio: rename virtio_config_enabled to virtio_config_core_enabled
>   virtio: allow driver to disable the configure change notification
>   virtio-net: synchronize operstate with admin state on up/down
>   virtio-net: synchronize probe with ndo_set_features
> 
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  drivers/virtio/virtio.c  | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  include/linux/virtio.h   | 11 ++++--
>  3 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.31.1





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