Subject: Re: [PATCH net,v5, 3/3] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:53:53 -0800

On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:23:43 -0800
Haiyang Zhang <[email-masked]> wrote:

> From: Long Li <[email-masked]>
> 
> When a VF is being exposed form the kernel, it should be marked as "slave"
> before exposing to the user-mode. The VF is not usable without netvsc
> running as master. The user-mode should never see a VF without the "slave"
> flag.
> 
> This commit moves the code of setting the slave flag to the time before
> VF is exposed to user-mode.
> 
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Fixes: 0c195567a8f6 ("netvsc: transparent VF management")
> Signed-off-by: Long Li <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <[email-masked]>

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>