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Date:   Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:33:33 -0800
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        jogreene@...hat.com, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 05/13] i40evf: add comment

From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>

Add a comment to reduce confusion.

Change-ID: I3d5819c0f3f5174680442ae54398a073d4a61f4f
Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index 5673dbd2cf7d..f35dcaac5bb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -2153,6 +2153,11 @@ static int i40evf_close(struct net_device *netdev)
 	adapter->state = __I40EVF_DOWN_PENDING;
 	i40evf_free_traffic_irqs(adapter);
 
+	/* We explicitly don't free resources here because the hardware is
+	 * still active and can DMA into memory. Resources are cleared in
+	 * i40evf_virtchnl_completion() after we get confirmation from the PF
+	 * driver that the rings have been stopped.
+	 */
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.11.0