FAILED: patch "[PATCH] hv_netvsc: Register VF in netvsc_probe if NET_DEVICE_REGISTER" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

index 273bd8a20122..11831a1c9762 100644
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
 #define LINKCHANGE_INT (2 * HZ)
 #define VF_TAKEOVER_INT (HZ / 10)
 
+/* Macros to define the context of vf registration */
+#define VF_REG_IN_PROBE		1
+#define VF_REG_IN_NOTIFIER	2
+
 static unsigned int ring_size __ro_after_init = 128;
 module_param(ring_size, uint, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ring_size, "Ring buffer size (# of 4K pages)");

@@ -2185,7 +2189,7 @@ static rx_handler_result_t netvsc_vf_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 }
 
 static int netvsc_vf_join(struct net_device *vf_netdev,
-			  struct net_device *ndev)
+			  struct net_device *ndev, int context)
 {
 	struct net_device_context *ndev_ctx = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	int ret;

@@ -2208,7 +2212,11 @@ static int netvsc_vf_join(struct net_device *vf_netdev,
 		goto upper_link_failed;
 	}
 
-	schedule_delayed_work(&ndev_ctx->vf_takeover, VF_TAKEOVER_INT);
+	/* If this registration is called from probe context vf_takeover
+	 * is taken care of later in probe itself.
+	 */
+	if (context == VF_REG_IN_NOTIFIER)
+		schedule_delayed_work(&ndev_ctx->vf_takeover, VF_TAKEOVER_INT);
 
 	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_JOIN, vf_netdev);
 

@@ -2346,7 +2354,7 @@ static int netvsc_prepare_bonding(struct net_device *vf_netdev)
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-static int netvsc_register_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev)
+static int netvsc_register_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev, int context)
 {
 	struct net_device_context *net_device_ctx;
 	struct netvsc_device *netvsc_dev;

@@ -2386,7 +2394,7 @@ static int netvsc_register_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev)
 
 	netdev_info(ndev, "VF registering: %s\n", vf_netdev->name);
 
-	if (netvsc_vf_join(vf_netdev, ndev) != 0)
+	if (netvsc_vf_join(vf_netdev, ndev, context) != 0)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	dev_hold(vf_netdev);

@@ -2484,10 +2492,31 @@ static int netvsc_unregister_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev)
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
+static int check_dev_is_matching_vf(struct net_device *event_ndev)
+{
+	/* Skip NetVSC interfaces */
+	if (event_ndev->netdev_ops == &device_ops)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	/* Avoid non-Ethernet type devices */
+	if (event_ndev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	/* Avoid Vlan dev with same MAC registering as VF */
+	if (is_vlan_dev(event_ndev))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	/* Avoid Bonding master dev with same MAC registering as VF */
+	if (netif_is_bond_master(event_ndev))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev,
 			const struct hv_vmbus_device_id *dev_id)
 {
-	struct net_device *net = NULL;
+	struct net_device *net = NULL, *vf_netdev;
 	struct net_device_context *net_device_ctx;
 	struct netvsc_device_info *device_info = NULL;
 	struct netvsc_device *nvdev;

@@ -2599,6 +2628,30 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	list_add(&net_device_ctx->list, &netvsc_dev_list);
+
+	/* When the hv_netvsc driver is unloaded and reloaded, the
+	 * NET_DEVICE_REGISTER for the vf device is replayed before probe
+	 * is complete. This is because register_netdevice_notifier() gets
+	 * registered before vmbus_driver_register() so that callback func
+	 * is set before probe and we don't miss events like NETDEV_POST_INIT
+	 * So, in this section we try to register the matching vf device that
+	 * is present as a netdevice, knowing that its register call is not
+	 * processed in the netvsc_netdev_notifier(as probing is progress and
+	 * get_netvsc_byslot fails).
+	 */
+	for_each_netdev(dev_net(net), vf_netdev) {
+		ret = check_dev_is_matching_vf(vf_netdev);
+		if (ret != 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (net != get_netvsc_byslot(vf_netdev))
+			continue;
+
+		netvsc_prepare_bonding(vf_netdev);
+		netvsc_register_vf(vf_netdev, VF_REG_IN_PROBE);
+		__netvsc_vf_setup(net, vf_netdev);
+		break;
+	}
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	netvsc_devinfo_put(device_info);

@@ -2754,28 +2807,17 @@ static int netvsc_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 			       unsigned long event, void *ptr)
 {
 	struct net_device *event_dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
+	int ret = 0;
 
-	/* Skip our own events */
-	if (event_dev->netdev_ops == &device_ops)
-		return NOTIFY_DONE;
-
-	/* Avoid non-Ethernet type devices */
-	if (event_dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER)
-		return NOTIFY_DONE;
-
-	/* Avoid Vlan dev with same MAC registering as VF */
-	if (is_vlan_dev(event_dev))
-		return NOTIFY_DONE;
-
-	/* Avoid Bonding master dev with same MAC registering as VF */
-	if (netif_is_bond_master(event_dev))
+	ret = check_dev_is_matching_vf(event_dev);
+	if (ret != 0)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	switch (event) {
 	case NETDEV_POST_INIT:
 		return netvsc_prepare_bonding(event_dev);
 	case NETDEV_REGISTER:
-		return netvsc_register_vf(event_dev);
+		return netvsc_register_vf(event_dev, VF_REG_IN_NOTIFIER);
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
 		return netvsc_unregister_vf(event_dev);
 	case NETDEV_UP: