Re: [PATCH net] octeon_ep: Fix host hang issue during device reboot

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Thu May 01 2025 - 10:20:29 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:46:24 -0700 you wrote:
> When the host loses heartbeat messages from the device,
> the driver calls the device-specific ndo_stop function,
> which frees the resources. If the driver is unloaded in
> this scenario, it calls ndo_stop again, attempting to free
> resources that have already been freed, leading to a host
> hang issue. To resolve this, dev_close should be called
> instead of the device-specific stop function.dev_close
> internally calls ndo_stop to stop the network interface
> and performs additional cleanup tasks. During the driver
> unload process, if the device is already down, ndo_stop
> is not called.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net] octeon_ep: Fix host hang issue during device reboot
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/34f42736b325

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