From: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 12:21:32 -0700
> When device is being setup on boot, there is a small race where
> network device callback is registered, but the netvsc_device pointer
> is not set yet. This can cause a NULL ptr dereference if packet
> arrives during this window.
>
> Fixes: 46b4f7f5d1f7 ("netvsc: eliminate per-device outstanding send counter")
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthem...@microsoft.com>
> ---
> Applies to 4.11 only, not in earlier versions.
> net-next needs different patch
Applied, thanks Stephen.
