[PATCH] octeontx2-af: Fix PF driver crash with kexec kernel booting

From: Anshumali Gaur

Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 04:20:24 EST


When both AF and PF drivers are built as modules, the PF driver in the
kexec kernel may probe before the AF driver is ready. This leads to
a crash due to uninitialized hardware state.

This patch ensures the PF driver properly detects and waits for AF
driver readiness before proceeding with initialization.

Fixes: 54494aa5d1e6 ("octeontx2-af: Add Marvell OcteonTX2 RVU AF driver")
Signed-off-by: Anshumali Gaur <agaur@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
index 747fbdf2a908..8530df8b3fda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
@@ -3632,11 +3632,22 @@ static void rvu_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
devm_kfree(&pdev->dev, rvu);
}

+static void rvu_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+ struct rvu *rvu = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+ if (!rvu)
+ return;
+
+ rvu_clear_rvum_blk_revid(rvu);
+}
+
static struct pci_driver rvu_driver = {
.name = DRV_NAME,
.id_table = rvu_id_table,
.probe = rvu_probe,
.remove = rvu_remove,
+ .shutdown = rvu_shutdown,
};

static int __init rvu_init_module(void)
--
2.25.1