@@ -1974,6 +1974,7 @@ static bool virtnet_send_command(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd,
struct scatterlist *sgs[4], hdr, stat;
unsigned out_num = 0, tmp;
int ret;
+ unsigned long timeout;
/* Caller should know better */
BUG_ON(!virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ));
@@ -2006,8 +2007,10 @@ static bool virtnet_send_command(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd,
/* Spin for a response, the kick causes an ioport write, trapping
* into the hypervisor, so the request should be handled immediately.
*/
+ timeout = jiffies + 20 * HZ;
while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vi->cvq, &tmp) &&
- !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq))
+ !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq) &&
+ !time_after(jiffies, timeout))
cpu_relax();
return vi->ctrl->status == VIRTIO_NET_OK;
if the device control queue is buggy, don't crash the kernel by waiting for ever the response. Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)