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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/virtio_net.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index db05b5e930be..8a5810bcb839 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -3655,14 +3655,20 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
if (vi->has_rss || vi->has_rss_hash_report)
virtnet_init_default_rss(vi);
- err = register_netdev(dev);
+ /* serialize netdev register + virtio_device_ready() with ndo_open() */
+ rtnl_lock();
+
+ err = register_netdevice(dev);
if (err) {
pr_debug("virtio_net: registering device failed\n");
+ rtnl_unlock();
goto free_failover;
}
virtio_device_ready(vdev);
+ rtnl_unlock();
+
err = virtnet_cpu_notif_add(vi);
if (err) {
pr_debug("virtio_net: registering cpu notifier failed\n");