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This leaves the function pointer NULL\non Hyper-V VMs.\n\nDuring probe, ixgbevf_negotiate_api() calls ixgbevf_set_features(),\nwhich unconditionally dereferences hw->mac.ops.negotiate_features().\nOn Hyper-V this results in a NULL pointer dereference:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n [...]\n Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine [...]\n Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn\n RIP: 0010:0x0\n [...]\n Call Trace:\n ixgbevf_negotiate_api+0x66/0x160 [ixgbevf]\n ixgbevf_sw_init+0xe4/0x1f0 [ixgbevf]\n ixgbevf_probe+0x20f/0x4a0 [ixgbevf]\n local_pci_probe+0x50/0xa0\n work_for_cpu_fn+0x1a/0x30\n [...]\n\nAdd ixgbevf_hv_negotiate_features_vf() that returns -EOPNOTSUPP and\nwire it into ixgbevf_hv_mac_ops. 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