If VF is attached then can still allow netvsc driver module to be removed. Just have to make sure and do the cleanup.
Also, avoid extra rtnl round trip when calling unregister. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthem...@microsoft.com> --- drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c index 128165e49c9a..97ed4bdc439f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c @@ -1834,9 +1834,6 @@ static int netvsc_register_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev) netdev_info(ndev, "VF registering: %s\n", vf_netdev->name); - /* Prevent this module from being unloaded while VF is registered */ - try_module_get(THIS_MODULE); - dev_hold(vf_netdev); rcu_assign_pointer(net_device_ctx->vf_netdev, vf_netdev); return NOTIFY_OK; @@ -1880,10 +1877,11 @@ static int netvsc_unregister_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev) netdev_info(ndev, "VF unregistering: %s\n", vf_netdev->name); + netdev_rx_handler_unregister(vf_netdev); netdev_upper_dev_unlink(vf_netdev, ndev); RCU_INIT_POINTER(net_device_ctx->vf_netdev, NULL); dev_put(vf_netdev); - module_put(THIS_MODULE); + return NOTIFY_OK; } @@ -1987,11 +1985,11 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev, static int netvsc_remove(struct hv_device *dev) { - struct net_device *net; struct net_device_context *ndev_ctx; + struct net_device *vf_netdev; + struct net_device *net; net = hv_get_drvdata(dev); - if (net == NULL) { dev_err(&dev->device, "No net device to remove\n"); return 0; @@ -2008,12 +2006,15 @@ static int netvsc_remove(struct hv_device *dev) * removed. Also blocks mtu and channel changes. */ rtnl_lock(); + vf_netdev = rtnl_dereference(ndev_ctx->vf_netdev); + if (vf_netdev) + netvsc_unregister_vf(vf_netdev); + rndis_filter_device_remove(dev, rtnl_dereference(ndev_ctx->nvdev)); + unregister_netdevice(net); rtnl_unlock(); - unregister_netdev(net); - hv_set_drvdata(dev, NULL); free_percpu(ndev_ctx->vf_stats); -- 2.11.0