linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 2/2] net: hibmcge: fix wrong ndo.open() after reset fail issue.

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Message-ID: <20250501072329.39c6304a@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 07:23:29 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@...wei.com>
Cc: <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, <horms@...nel.org>, <shenjian15@...wei.com>,
 <wangpeiyang1@...wei.com>, <liuyonglong@...wei.com>,
 <chenhao418@...wei.com>, <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>,
 <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com>, <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] net: hibmcge: fix wrong ndo.open() after reset
 fail issue.

On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:31:27 +0800 Jijie Shao wrote:
> If the driver reset fails, it may not work properly.
> Therefore, the ndo.open() operation should be rejected.

Why not call netif_device_detach() if the reset failed and let the core
code handle blocking the callbacks?
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