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Subject[PATCH net V2] virtio-net: fix race between ndo_open() and virtio_device_ready()
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We currently call virtio_device_ready() after netdev
registration. Since ndo_open() can be called immediately
after register_netdev, this means there exists a race between
ndo_open() and virtio_device_ready(): the driver may start to use the
device before DRIVER_OK which violates the spec.

Fix this by switching to use register_netdevice() and protect the
virtio_device_ready() with rtnl_lock() to make sure ndo_open() can
only be called after virtio_device_ready().

Fixes: 4baf1e33d0842 ("virtio_net: enable VQs early")
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index db05b5e930be..8a5810bcb839 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -3655,14 +3655,20 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
if (vi->has_rss || vi->has_rss_hash_report)
virtnet_init_default_rss(vi);

- err = register_netdev(dev);
+ /* serialize netdev register + virtio_device_ready() with ndo_open() */
+ rtnl_lock();
+
+ err = register_netdevice(dev);
if (err) {
pr_debug("virtio_net: registering device failed\n");
+ rtnl_unlock();
goto free_failover;
}

virtio_device_ready(vdev);

+ rtnl_unlock();
+
err = virtnet_cpu_notif_add(vi);
if (err) {
pr_debug("virtio_net: registering cpu notifier failed\n");
--
2.25.1
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