RE: [PATCH hyperv-fixes,v2] hv_netvsc: Fix unwanted wakeup after tx_disable

From: Haiyang Zhang
Date: Thu Mar 28 2019 - 15:27:44 EST




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> Subject: Re: [PATCH hyperv-fixes,v2] hv_netvsc: Fix unwanted wakeup after
> tx_disable
>
> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:16:37 +0000
>
> > From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > After queue stopped, the wakeup mechanism may wake it up again when
> > ring buffer usage is lower than a threshold. This may cause send path
> > panic on NULL pointer when we stopped all tx queues in netvsc_detach
> > and start removing the netvsc device.
> >
> > This patch fix it by adding a tx_disable flag to prevent unwanted
> > queue wakeup.
> >
> > Fixes: 7b2ee50c0cd5 ("hv_netvsc: common detach logic")
> > Reported-by: Mohammed Gamal <mgamal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Still need to fix the inline issues I mentioned in v1.

I will fix the inline issues.

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- Haiyang