Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:02:22 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] hv_netvsc: Fix race condition on Multi-Send Data field | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:19:35 -0800
> In commit 2a04ae8acb14 ("hv_netvsc: remove locking in netvsc_send()"), the > locking for MSD (Multi-Send Data) field was removed. This could cause a > race condition between RNDIS control messages and data packets processing, > because these two types of traffic are not synchronized. > This patch fixes this issue by sending control messages out directly > without reading MSD field. > > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> > Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Applied.
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