Aw: Re: [PATCH 0/6] hv_netvsc: avoid races on mtu change/set channels

From	"Lino Sanfilippo" <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Aw: Re: [PATCH 0/6] hv_netvsc: avoid races on mtu change/set channels
Date	2016-05-12 18:20 +0200
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> It's worse: before the patch series we get 'struct hv_device' (as it is
> called from core VMBus code and we simply cannot get to 'struct
> net_device' we need without traveling through 'struct
> netvsc_device'. This structure is removed and re-created by both
> netvsc_set_channels() and netvsc_change_mtu().


Ah ok, I missed that we cant rely on getting a valid netdev from the hv_device in 
remove. Thanks for the explanation!

Regards,
Lino

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[PATCH 0/6] hv_netvsc: avoid races on mtu change/set channels Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-05-12 14:50 +0200
  [PATCH 5/6] hv_netvsc: synchronize netvsc_change_mtu()/netvsc_set_channels() with netvsc_remove() Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-05-12 15:00 +0200
  [PATCH 6/6] hv_netvsc: set nvdev link after populating chn_table Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-05-12 15:00 +0200
  [PATCH 4/6] hv_netvsc: get rid of struct net_device pointer in struct netvsc_device Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-05-12 15:00 +0200
  [PATCH 3/6] hv_netvsc: untangle the pointer mess Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-05-12 15:00 +0200
  Aw: [PATCH 0/6] hv_netvsc: avoid races on mtu change/set channels "Lino Sanfilippo" <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de> - 2016-05-12 17:00 +0200
    Re: Aw: [PATCH 0/6] hv_netvsc: avoid races on mtu change/set channels Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-05-12 17:10 +0200
      Aw: Re:  [PATCH 0/6] hv_netvsc: avoid races on mtu change/set  channels "Lino Sanfilippo" <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de> - 2016-05-12 18:20 +0200

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