5.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 85520856466ed6bc3b1ccb013cddac70ceb437db upstream. 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> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c @@ -2528,12 +2528,17 @@ static int __init netvsc_drv_init(void) } netvsc_ring_bytes = ring_size * PAGE_SIZE; + register_netdevice_notifier(&netvsc_netdev_notifier); + ret = vmbus_driver_register(&netvsc_drv); if (ret) - return ret; + goto err_vmbus_reg; - register_netdevice_notifier(&netvsc_netdev_notifier); return 0; + +err_vmbus_reg: + unregister_netdevice_notifier(&netvsc_netdev_notifier); + return ret; } MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");