hv_netvsc: use start_remove flag to protect netvsc_link_change()
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1616677 netvsc_link_change() can race with netvsc_change_mtu() or netvsc_set_channels() as these functions destroy struct netvsc_device and rndis filter. Use start_remove flag for syncronization. As netvsc_change_mtu()/netvsc_set_channels() are called with rtnl lock held we need to take it before checking start_remove value in netvsc_link_change(). Reported-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> (cherry picked from commit 1bdcec8a) Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Acked-by: Brad Figg <brad.figg@canonical.com> Acked-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
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