ACK/Cmnt: [PATCH 0/3][j/l/m linux-azure] Azure: Deprecate Netvsc and implement MANA direct
Jacob Martin
jacob.martin at canonical.com
Tue Nov 28 21:58:16 UTC 2023
Patch 1 doesn't apply directly to lunar & mantic linux-azure because the
newer kernels use eth_hw_addr_set instead of memcpy. LGTM assuming
that's resolved on application.
Acked-by: Jacob Martin <jacob.martin at canonical.com>
On 11/28/23 2:16 PM, Tim Gardner wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2045069
>
> SRU Justification
>
> [Impact]
>
> Microsoft has asked for the inclusion of 3 patches that deprecate the use of netvsc in favor of MANA direct.
>
> hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/drivers/net/hyperv?id=c807d6cd089d2f4951baa838081ec5ae3e2360f8
>
> hv_netvsc: Fix race of register_netdevice_notifier and VF register:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/drivers/net/hyperv?id=85520856466ed6bc3b1ccb013cddac70ceb437db
>
> hv_netvsc: fix race of netvsc and VF register_netdevice:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/drivers/net/hyperv?id=d30fb712e52964f2cf9a9c14cf67078394044837
>
> [Test Plan]
>
> Microsoft tested
>
> [Regression potential]
>
> User space that relies on netvsc will likely fail
>
> [Other Info]
>
> SF: #00374570
>
>
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