caif_virtio: fix race between virtio_device_ready() and ndo_open()

commit 11a37eb upstream.

We currently depend on probe() calling virtio_device_ready() -
which happens after netdev
registration. Since ndo_open() can be called immediately
after register_netdev, this means there exists a race between
ndo_open() and virtio_device_ready(): the driver may start to use the
device (e.g. TX) before DRIVER_OK which violates the spec.

Fix this by switching to use register_netdevice() and protect the
virtio_device_ready() with rtnl_lock() to make sure ndo_open() can
only be called after virtio_device_ready().

Fixes: 0d2e1a2 ("caif_virtio: Introduce caif over virtio")
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <[email protected]>
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

Author: jasowang

drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c

@@ -721,13 +721,21 @@ static int cfv_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	/* Carrier is off until netdevice is opened */
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 
+	/* serialize netdev register + virtio_device_ready() with ndo_open() */
+	rtnl_lock();
+
 	/* register Netdev */
-	err = register_netdev(netdev);
+	err = register_netdevice(netdev);
 	if (err) {
+		rtnl_unlock();
 		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "Unable to register netdev (%d)\n", err);
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
+
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	debugfs_init(cfv);
 
 	return 0;