> From: LKML haiyangz <lkmlhyz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Haiyang Zhang > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2023 9:39 AM > [...] > If VF NIC is registered earlier, NETDEV_REGISTER event is replayed, > but NETDEV_POST_INIT is not. > > Move register_netdevice_notifier() earlier, so the call back > function is set before probing. > > 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: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> It's better to post a new version that follows Simon Horman's suggestion, i.e., use a more idiomatic form for the error path.