From: Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
"longli@linuxonhyperv.com" <longli@linuxonhyperv.com>
Cc: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 21:07:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MN0PR21MB32641FE761E83A68CC627FFCCEDDA@MN0PR21MB3264.namprd21.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231026094841.39f01d26@hermes.local>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode
>
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:50:50 -0700
> longli@linuxonhyperv.com wrote:
>
> > @@ -2347,6 +2342,12 @@ static int netvsc_register_vf(struct net_device
> *vf_netdev)
> > if (!ndev)
> > return NOTIFY_DONE;
> >
> > + if (event == NETDEV_POST_INIT) {
> > + /* set slave flag before open to prevent IPv6 addrconf */
> > + vf_netdev->flags |= IFF_SLAVE;
> > + return NOTIFY_DONE;
> > + }
> > +
> > net_device_ctx = netdev_priv(ndev);
> > netvsc_dev = rtnl_dereference(net_device_ctx->nvdev);
> > if (!netvsc_dev || rtnl_dereference(net_device_ctx->vf_netdev))
> > @@ -2753,8 +2754,9 @@ static int netvsc_netdev_event(struct notifier_block
> *this,
> > return NOTIFY_DONE;
> >
> > switch (event) {
> > + case NETDEV_POST_INIT:
> > case NETDEV_REGISTER:
> > - return netvsc_register_vf(event_dev);
> > + return netvsc_register_vf(event_dev, event);
>
> Although correct, this is an awkward way to write this.
> There are two events which call register_vf() but the post init one short circuits
> and doesn't really register the VF.
>
> The code is clearer if flag is set in switch statement.
>
I will add a dedicated function to handle NETDEV_POST_INIT.
Thanks,
Long
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-26 21:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-25 22:50 [PATCH] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode longli
2023-10-26 16:47 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-26 21:04 ` Long Li
2023-10-26 16:48 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-26 21:07 ` Long Li [this message]
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