Re: [PATCH net-next] hv_netvsc: Fix the list processing for network change event

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Fri Apr 22 2016 - 04:49:33 EST


Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> RNDIS_STATUS_NETWORK_CHANGE event is handled as two "half events" --
> media disconnect & connect. The second half should be added to the list
> head, not to the tail. So all events are processed in normal order.
>

Thanks,

this matters when we get some other events in between these two halves.

Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> index bfdb568a..ba3f3f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> @@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ static void netvsc_link_change(struct work_struct *w)
> netif_tx_stop_all_queues(net);
> event->event = RNDIS_STATUS_MEDIA_CONNECT;
> spin_lock_irqsave(&ndev_ctx->lock, flags);
> - list_add_tail(&event->list, &ndev_ctx->reconfig_events);
> + list_add(&event->list, &ndev_ctx->reconfig_events);
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ndev_ctx->lock, flags);
> reschedule = true;
> }

--
Vitaly