From 45c8184c1bed1ca8a7f02918552063a00b909bf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ross Lagerwall Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:00:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] xen-netfront: Update features after registering netdev Update the features after calling register_netdev() otherwise the device features are not set up correctly and it not possible to change the MTU of the device. After this change, the features reported by ethtool match the device's features before the commit which introduced the issue and it is possible to change the device's MTU. Fixes: f599c64fdf7d ("xen-netfront: Fix race between device setup and open") Reported-by: Liam Shepherd Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c index ee4cb6cfde1e..a57daecf1d57 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c @@ -1951,10 +1951,6 @@ static int xennet_connect(struct net_device *dev) /* talk_to_netback() sets the correct number of queues */ num_queues = dev->real_num_tx_queues; - rtnl_lock(); - netdev_update_features(dev); - rtnl_unlock(); - if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) { err = register_netdev(dev); if (err) { @@ -1964,6 +1960,10 @@ static int xennet_connect(struct net_device *dev) } } + rtnl_lock(); + netdev_update_features(dev); + rtnl_unlock(); + /* * All public and private state should now be sane. Get * ready to start sending and receiving packets and give the driver