hv_netvsc: untangle the pointer mess

We have the following structures keeping netvsc adapter state:
- struct net_device
- struct net_device_context
- struct netvsc_device
- struct rndis_device
- struct hv_device
and there are pointers/dependencies between them:
- struct net_device_context is contained in struct net_device
- struct hv_device has driver_data pointer which points to
  'struct net_device' OR 'struct netvsc_device' depending on driver's
  state (!).
- struct net_device_context has a pointer to 'struct hv_device'.
- struct netvsc_device has pointers to 'struct hv_device' and
  'struct net_device_context'.
- struct rndis_device has a pointer to 'struct netvsc_device'.

Different functions get different structures as parameters and use these
pointers for traveling. The problem is (in addition to keeping in mind
this complex graph) that some of these structures (struct netvsc_device
and struct rndis_device) are being removed and re-created on mtu change
(as we implement it as re-creation of hyper-v device) so our travel using
these pointers is dangerous.

Simplify this to a the following:
- add struct netvsc_device pointer to struct net_device_context (which is
  a part of struct net_device and thus never disappears)
- remove struct hv_device and struct net_device_context pointers from
  struct netvsc_device
- replace pointer to 'struct netvsc_device' with pointer to
  'struct net_device'.
- always keep 'struct net_device' in hv_device driver_data.

We'll end up with the following 'circular' structure:

net_device:
 [net_device_context] -> netvsc_device -> rndis_device -> net_device
                      -> hv_device -> net_device

On MTU change we'll be removing the 'netvsc_device -> rndis_device'
branch and re-creating it making the synchronization easier.

There is one additional redundant pointer left, it is struct net_device
link in struct netvsc_device, it is going to be removed in a separate
commit.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
index 18e9cc8..0f38743 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ enum rndis_device_state {
 };
 
 struct rndis_device {
-	struct netvsc_device *net_dev;
+	struct net_device *ndev;
 
 	enum rndis_device_state state;
 	bool link_state;
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ struct rndis_device {
 
 /* Interface */
 struct rndis_message;
+struct netvsc_device;
 int netvsc_device_add(struct hv_device *device, void *additional_info);
 int netvsc_device_remove(struct hv_device *device);
 int netvsc_send(struct hv_device *device,
@@ -653,6 +654,8 @@ struct garp_wrk {
 struct net_device_context {
 	/* point back to our device context */
 	struct hv_device *device_ctx;
+	/* netvsc_device */
+	struct netvsc_device *nvdev;
 	/* reconfigure work */
 	struct delayed_work dwork;
 	/* last reconfig time */
@@ -679,8 +682,6 @@ struct net_device_context {
 
 /* Per netvsc device */
 struct netvsc_device {
-	struct hv_device *dev;
-
 	u32 nvsp_version;
 
 	atomic_t num_outstanding_sends;
@@ -734,9 +735,6 @@ struct netvsc_device {
 	u32 max_pkt; /* max number of pkt in one send, e.g. 8 */
 	u32 pkt_align; /* alignment bytes, e.g. 8 */
 
-	/* The net device context */
-	struct net_device_context *nd_ctx;
-
 	/* 1: allocated, serial number is valid. 0: not allocated */
 	u32 vf_alloc;
 	/* Serial number of the VF to team with */