ACK: Re: [SRU][P/N/J:linux-azure][PATCH 0/1] azure: backport ""hv_netvsc: fix loss of early receive events from host during channel open"
Paolo Pisati
paolo.pisati at canonical.com
Mon Oct 13 13:36:02 UTC 2025
On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 10:05:21PM -0300, Vinicius Peixoto wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2127705
>
> [Impact]
>
> A race condition in the hv_netvsc module can lead to a lockup where the RX queue of the network device becomes stuck, degrading the performance for users of the Azure kernel.
>
> [Fix]
>
> The following fix was introduced in 6.17:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9448ccd85336
>
> Backport it to the P/N/J:azure trees (Questing already has it) in order to fix the issue for users of the linux-azure kernel.
>
> [Test plan]
>
> Build tested only; Microsoft will validate the bug fix.
>
> [Where problems could occur]
>
> Issues with this patch could cause hangs, lockups or generally some kind of network performance degradation for virtual machines running on top of Hyper-V.
>
> [Other info]
> SF #00418032
>
> Dipayaan Roy (1):
> net: hv_netvsc: fix loss of early receive events from host during
> channel open.
>
> drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c | 5 ++---
> drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c | 12 +++++++++---
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Paolo Pisati <paolo.pisati at canonical.com>
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p.
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