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<title>linux-stable.git/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h, branch v4.8</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: avoid deadlocks between rtnl lock and vf_use_cnt wait</title>
<updated>2016-08-15T20:48:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vitaly Kuznetsov</name>
<email>vkuznets@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-08-15T15:48:40+00:00</published>
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Here is a deadlock scenario:
- netvsc_vf_up() schedules netvsc_notify_peers() work and quits.
- netvsc_vf_down() runs before netvsc_notify_peers() gets executed. As it
  is being executed from netdev notifier chain we hold rtnl lock when we
  get here.
- we enter while (atomic_read(&amp;net_device_ctx-&gt;vf_use_cnt) != 0) loop and
  wait till netvsc_notify_peers() drops vf_use_cnt.
- netvsc_notify_peers() starts on some other CPU but netdev_notify_peers()
  will hang on rtnl_lock().
- deadlock!

Instead of introducing additional synchronization I suggest we drop
gwrk.dwrk completely and call NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS directly. As we're
acting under rtnl lock this is legitimate.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Haiyang Zhang &lt;haiyangz@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Here is a deadlock scenario:
- netvsc_vf_up() schedules netvsc_notify_peers() work and quits.
- netvsc_vf_down() runs before netvsc_notify_peers() gets executed. As it
  is being executed from netdev notifier chain we hold rtnl lock when we
  get here.
- we enter while (atomic_read(&amp;net_device_ctx-&gt;vf_use_cnt) != 0) loop and
  wait till netvsc_notify_peers() drops vf_use_cnt.
- netvsc_notify_peers() starts on some other CPU but netdev_notify_peers()
  will hang on rtnl_lock().
- deadlock!

Instead of introducing additional synchronization I suggest we drop
gwrk.dwrk completely and call NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS directly. As we're
acting under rtnl lock this is legitimate.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Haiyang Zhang &lt;haiyangz@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: don't lose VF information</title>
<updated>2016-08-15T20:48:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vitaly Kuznetsov</name>
<email>vkuznets@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-08-15T15:48:39+00:00</published>
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struct netvsc_device is not suitable for storing VF information as this
structure is being destroyed on MTU change / set channel operation (see
rndis_filter_device_remove()). Move all VF related stuff to struct
net_device_context which is persistent.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Haiyang Zhang &lt;haiyangz@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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struct netvsc_device is not suitable for storing VF information as this
structure is being destroyed on MTU change / set channel operation (see
rndis_filter_device_remove()). Move all VF related stuff to struct
net_device_context which is persistent.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Haiyang Zhang &lt;haiyangz@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: pass struct net_device to rndis_filter_set_device_mac()</title>
<updated>2016-06-06T03:16:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vitaly Kuznetsov</name>
<email>vkuznets@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-06-03T15:51:01+00:00</published>
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We unpack 'struct net_device' in netvsc_set_mac_addr() to get to
'struct hv_device' pointer which we use in rndis_filter_set_device_mac()
to get back to 'struct net_device'.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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We unpack 'struct net_device' in netvsc_set_mac_addr() to get to
'struct hv_device' pointer which we use in rndis_filter_set_device_mac()
to get back to 'struct net_device'.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: pass struct netvsc_device to rndis_filter_{open, close}()</title>
<updated>2016-06-06T03:16:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vitaly Kuznetsov</name>
<email>vkuznets@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-06-03T15:51:00+00:00</published>
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Both rndis_filter_open()/rndis_filter_close() use struct hv_device to
reach to struct netvsc_device only and all callers have it already.
While on it, rename net_device to nvdev in rndis_filter_open() as
net_device is misleading.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Both rndis_filter_open()/rndis_filter_close() use struct hv_device to
reach to struct netvsc_device only and all callers have it already.
While on it, rename net_device to nvdev in rndis_filter_open() as
net_device is misleading.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: introduce {net, hv}_device_to_netvsc_device() helpers</title>
<updated>2016-06-06T03:16:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vitaly Kuznetsov</name>
<email>vkuznets@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-06-03T15:50:59+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Make it easier to get 'struct netvsc_device' from 'struct net_device' and
'struct hv_device' by introducing inline helpers.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<pre>
Make it easier to get 'struct netvsc_device' from 'struct net_device' and
'struct hv_device' by introducing inline helpers.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: get rid of struct net_device pointer in struct netvsc_device</title>
<updated>2016-05-16T17:26:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vitaly Kuznetsov</name>
<email>vkuznets@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-13T11:55:23+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Simplify netvsvc pointer graph by getting rid of the redundant ndev
pointer. We can always get a pointer to struct net_device from somewhere
else.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Simplify netvsvc pointer graph by getting rid of the redundant ndev
pointer. We can always get a pointer to struct net_device from somewhere
else.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: untangle the pointer mess</title>
<updated>2016-05-16T17:26:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vitaly Kuznetsov</name>
<email>vkuznets@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-13T11:55:22+00:00</published>
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We have the following structures keeping netvsc adapter state:
- struct net_device
- struct net_device_context
- struct netvsc_device
- struct rndis_device
- struct hv_device
and there are pointers/dependencies between them:
- struct net_device_context is contained in struct net_device
- struct hv_device has driver_data pointer which points to
  'struct net_device' OR 'struct netvsc_device' depending on driver's
  state (!).
- struct net_device_context has a pointer to 'struct hv_device'.
- struct netvsc_device has pointers to 'struct hv_device' and
  'struct net_device_context'.
- struct rndis_device has a pointer to 'struct netvsc_device'.

Different functions get different structures as parameters and use these
pointers for traveling. The problem is (in addition to keeping in mind
this complex graph) that some of these structures (struct netvsc_device
and struct rndis_device) are being removed and re-created on mtu change
(as we implement it as re-creation of hyper-v device) so our travel using
these pointers is dangerous.

Simplify this to a the following:
- add struct netvsc_device pointer to struct net_device_context (which is
  a part of struct net_device and thus never disappears)
- remove struct hv_device and struct net_device_context pointers from
  struct netvsc_device
- replace pointer to 'struct netvsc_device' with pointer to
  'struct net_device'.
- always keep 'struct net_device' in hv_device driver_data.

We'll end up with the following 'circular' structure:

net_device:
 [net_device_context] -&gt; netvsc_device -&gt; rndis_device -&gt; net_device
                      -&gt; hv_device -&gt; net_device

On MTU change we'll be removing the 'netvsc_device -&gt; rndis_device'
branch and re-creating it making the synchronization easier.

There is one additional redundant pointer left, it is struct net_device
link in struct netvsc_device, it is going to be removed in a separate
commit.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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We have the following structures keeping netvsc adapter state:
- struct net_device
- struct net_device_context
- struct netvsc_device
- struct rndis_device
- struct hv_device
and there are pointers/dependencies between them:
- struct net_device_context is contained in struct net_device
- struct hv_device has driver_data pointer which points to
  'struct net_device' OR 'struct netvsc_device' depending on driver's
  state (!).
- struct net_device_context has a pointer to 'struct hv_device'.
- struct netvsc_device has pointers to 'struct hv_device' and
  'struct net_device_context'.
- struct rndis_device has a pointer to 'struct netvsc_device'.

Different functions get different structures as parameters and use these
pointers for traveling. The problem is (in addition to keeping in mind
this complex graph) that some of these structures (struct netvsc_device
and struct rndis_device) are being removed and re-created on mtu change
(as we implement it as re-creation of hyper-v device) so our travel using
these pointers is dangerous.

Simplify this to a the following:
- add struct netvsc_device pointer to struct net_device_context (which is
  a part of struct net_device and thus never disappears)
- remove struct hv_device and struct net_device_context pointers from
  struct netvsc_device
- replace pointer to 'struct netvsc_device' with pointer to
  'struct net_device'.
- always keep 'struct net_device' in hv_device driver_data.

We'll end up with the following 'circular' structure:

net_device:
 [net_device_context] -&gt; netvsc_device -&gt; rndis_device -&gt; net_device
                      -&gt; hv_device -&gt; net_device

On MTU change we'll be removing the 'netvsc_device -&gt; rndis_device'
branch and re-creating it making the synchronization easier.

There is one additional redundant pointer left, it is struct net_device
link in struct netvsc_device, it is going to be removed in a separate
commit.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: move start_remove flag to net_device_context</title>
<updated>2016-05-16T17:26:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vitaly Kuznetsov</name>
<email>vkuznets@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-13T11:55:20+00:00</published>
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struct netvsc_device is destroyed on mtu change so keeping the
protection flag there is not a good idea. Move it to struct
net_device_context which is preserved.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<pre>
struct netvsc_device is destroyed on mtu change so keeping the
protection flag there is not a good idea. Move it to struct
net_device_context which is preserved.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: Implement support for VF drivers on Hyper-V</title>
<updated>2016-04-18T18:51:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>KY Srinivasan</name>
<email>kys@microsoft.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-14T23:31:54+00:00</published>
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Support VF drivers on Hyper-V. On Hyper-V, each VF instance presented to
the guest has an associated synthetic interface that shares the MAC address
with the VF instance. Typically these are bonded together to support
live migration. By default, the host delivers all the incoming packets
on the synthetic interface. Once the VF is up, we need to explicitly switch
the data path on the host to divert traffic onto the VF interface. Even after
switching the data path, broadcast and multicast packets are always delivered
on the synthetic interface and these will have to be injected back onto the
VF interface (if VF is up).
This patch implements the necessary support in netvsc to support Linux
VF drivers.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan &lt;kys@microsoft.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang &lt;haiyangz@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Support VF drivers on Hyper-V. On Hyper-V, each VF instance presented to
the guest has an associated synthetic interface that shares the MAC address
with the VF instance. Typically these are bonded together to support
live migration. By default, the host delivers all the incoming packets
on the synthetic interface. Once the VF is up, we need to explicitly switch
the data path on the host to divert traffic onto the VF interface. Even after
switching the data path, broadcast and multicast packets are always delivered
on the synthetic interface and these will have to be injected back onto the
VF interface (if VF is up).
This patch implements the necessary support in netvsc to support Linux
VF drivers.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan &lt;kys@microsoft.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang &lt;haiyangz@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>hv_netvsc: Fix the array sizes to be max supported channels</title>
<updated>2016-03-23T18:38:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Haiyang Zhang</name>
<email>haiyangz@microsoft.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-23T16:43:10+00:00</published>
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The VRSS_CHANNEL_MAX is the max number of channels supported by Hyper-V
hosts. We use it for the related array sizes instead of using NR_CPUS,
which may be set to several thousands.
This patch reduces possible memory allocation failures.

Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang &lt;haiyangz@microsoft.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan &lt;kys@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The VRSS_CHANNEL_MAX is the max number of channels supported by Hyper-V
hosts. We use it for the related array sizes instead of using NR_CPUS,
which may be set to several thousands.
This patch reduces possible memory allocation failures.

Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang &lt;haiyangz@microsoft.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan &lt;kys@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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