Re: [PATCH net v2] iavf: fix deadlock in reset handling

[Jacob Keller]

On 2/11/2026 3:50 AM, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On 2/7/26 11:22 AM, Petr Oros wrote:
> > -/**
> > - * iavf_wait_for_reset - Wait for reset to finish.
> > - * @adapter: board private structure
> > - *
> > - * Returns 0 if reset finished successfully, negative on timeout or interrupt.
> > - */
> > -int iavf_wait_for_reset(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
> > -{
> > -	int ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(adapter->reset_waitqueue,
> > -					!iavf_is_reset_in_progress(adapter),
> > -					msecs_to_jiffies(5000));
>
> AFAICS, after this change nobody waits anymore on reset_waitqueue, do we
> still need such wait queue head? I think a bunch of additional code
> could be dropped.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paolo

Yea, that seems correct. We could do that cleanup through next instead 
if we want to keep this patch smaller and focused on the fix. I don't 
mind either way.

Thanks,
Jake