This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled hv_netvsc: fix race of netvsc and VF register_netdevice to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: hv_netvsc-fix-race-of-netvsc-and-vf-register_netdevice.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From d30fb712e52964f2cf9a9c14cf67078394044837 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:23:41 -0800 Subject: hv_netvsc: fix race of netvsc and VF register_netdevice From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit d30fb712e52964f2cf9a9c14cf67078394044837 upstream. The rtnl lock also needs to be held before rndis_filter_device_add() which advertises nvsp_2_vsc_capability / sriov bit, and triggers VF NIC offering and registering. If VF NIC finished register_netdev() earlier it may cause name based config failure. To fix this issue, move the call to rtnl_lock() before rndis_filter_device_add(), so VF will be registered later than netvsc / synthetic NIC, and gets a name numbered (ethX) after netvsc. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: e04e7a7bbd4b ("hv_netvsc: Fix a deadlock by getting rtnl lock earlier in netvsc_probe()") Reported-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 25 +++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c @@ -2529,15 +2529,6 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device goto devinfo_failed; } - nvdev = rndis_filter_device_add(dev, device_info); - if (IS_ERR(nvdev)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(nvdev); - netdev_err(net, "unable to add netvsc device (ret %d)\n", ret); - goto rndis_failed; - } - - eth_hw_addr_set(net, device_info->mac_adr); - /* We must get rtnl lock before scheduling nvdev->subchan_work, * otherwise netvsc_subchan_work() can get rtnl lock first and wait * all subchannels to show up, but that may not happen because @@ -2545,9 +2536,23 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device * -> ... -> device_add() -> ... -> __device_attach() can't get * the device lock, so all the subchannels can't be processed -- * finally netvsc_subchan_work() hangs forever. + * + * The rtnl lock also needs to be held before rndis_filter_device_add() + * which advertises nvsp_2_vsc_capability / sriov bit, and triggers + * VF NIC offering and registering. If VF NIC finished register_netdev() + * earlier it may cause name based config failure. */ rtnl_lock(); + nvdev = rndis_filter_device_add(dev, device_info); + if (IS_ERR(nvdev)) { + ret = PTR_ERR(nvdev); + netdev_err(net, "unable to add netvsc device (ret %d)\n", ret); + goto rndis_failed; + } + + eth_hw_addr_set(net, device_info->mac_adr); + if (nvdev->num_chn > 1) schedule_work(&nvdev->subchan_work); @@ -2581,9 +2586,9 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device return 0; register_failed: - rtnl_unlock(); rndis_filter_device_remove(dev, nvdev); rndis_failed: + rtnl_unlock(); netvsc_devinfo_put(device_info); devinfo_failed: free_percpu(net_device_ctx->vf_stats); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.1/hv_netvsc-fix-race-of-register_netdevice_notifier-and-vf-register.patch queue-6.1/hv_netvsc-fix-race-of-netvsc-and-vf-register_netdevice.patch queue-6.1/hv_netvsc-mark-vf-as-slave-before-exposing-it-to-user-mode.patch