Re: [PATCH net v2 0/5] hv_netvsc: fixes for VF removal path

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH net v2 0/5] hv_netvsc: fixes for VF removal path
Date	2016-08-15 22:50 +0200
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From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:48:38 +0200

> Kernel crash is reported after VF is removed and detached from netvsc
> device. Turns out we have multiple different (but related) issues on the
> VF removal path which I'm trying to address with PATCHes 2-5 of this
> series. PATCH1 is required to support the change.
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - Re-arrange patches in the series to not introduce new issues [David Miller]
> - Add PATCH5 which fixes a new issue I discovered while testing.
> - Add Haiyang' A-b tags to PATCH1-4
> 
> With regards to Stephen's suggestion: I believe that switching to using RCU
> and eliminating vf_use_cnt/vf_inject is the right thing to do long-term, we
> can either put this on top of this series or do it later in net-next.

Series applied, thanks.

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[PATCH net v2 0/5] hv_netvsc: fixes for VF removal path Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-08-15 17:50 +0200
  [PATCH net v2 1/5] hv_netvsc: don't lose VF information Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-08-15 17:50 +0200
  [PATCH net v2 3/5] hv_netvsc: reset vf_inject on VF removal Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-08-15 17:50 +0200
  [PATCH net v2 4/5] hv_netvsc: protect module refcount by checking net_device_ctx->vf_netdev Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-08-15 17:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net v2 0/5] hv_netvsc: fixes for VF removal path David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-08-15 22:50 +0200

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