Re: [PATCH net-next] hv_netvsc: Fix race condition on Multi-Send Data field

[David Miller]

From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:19:35 -0800

> In commit 2a04ae8acb14 ("hv_netvsc: remove locking in netvsc_send()"), the
> locking for MSD (Multi-Send Data) field was removed. This could cause a
> race condition between RNDIS control messages and data packets processing,
> because these two types of traffic are not synchronized.
> This patch fixes this issue by sending control messages out directly
> without reading MSD field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.
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