hv_netvsc: dev hold/put reference to VF
The netvsc driver holds a pointer to the virtual function network device if
managing SR-IOV association. In order to ensure that the VF network device
does not disappear, it should be using dev_hold/dev_put to get a reference
count.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 2360e70..e74dbcc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -1262,6 +1262,8 @@
* Take a reference on the module.
*/
try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
+
+ dev_hold(vf_netdev);
net_device_ctx->vf_netdev = vf_netdev;
return NOTIFY_OK;
}
@@ -1376,6 +1378,7 @@
netdev_info(ndev, "VF unregistering: %s\n", vf_netdev->name);
netvsc_inject_disable(net_device_ctx);
net_device_ctx->vf_netdev = NULL;
+ dev_put(vf_netdev);
module_put(THIS_MODULE);
return NOTIFY_OK;
}