netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] Fix bugs in Octeontx2 netdev driver

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:29:03 +0530
From:   sundeep subbaraya <sundeep.lkml@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        sgoutham@...vell.com, Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] Fix bugs in Octeontx2 netdev driver

Hi David,

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 7:34 PM sundeep subbaraya
<sundeep.lkml@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 4:47 AM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> >
> > From: sundeep.lkml@...il.com
> > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 22:44:05 +0530
> >
> > > Subbaraya Sundeep (3):
> > >   octeontx2-pf: Fix reset_task bugs
> > >   octeontx2-pf: cancel reset_task work
> > >   octeontx2-pf: Unregister netdev at driver remove
> >
> > I think you should shut down all the interrupts and other state
> > before unregistering the vf network device.
>
> Okay will change it and send v2.
>

For our case interrupts need to be ON when unregister_netdev is called.
If driver remove is called when the interface is up then
otx2_stop(called by unregister_netdev)
needs mailbox interrupts to communicate with PF to release its resources.


Thanks,
Sundeep
> Thanks,
> Sundeep