netdev - [PATCH net] octeon_ep: Fix host hang issue during device reboot

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Message-ID: <20250429114624.19104-1-sedara@marvell.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:46:24 -0700
From: Sathesh B Edara <sedara@...vell.com>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <hgani@...vell.com>, <vimleshk@...vell.com>,
        Veerasenareddy Burru
	<vburru@...vell.com>,
        Sathesh Edara <sedara@...vell.com>,
        Andrew Lunn
	<andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Eric
 Dumazet" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni
	<pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Abhijit Ayarekar <aayarekar@...vell.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] octeon_ep: Fix host hang issue during device reboot

When the host loses heartbeat messages from the device,
the driver calls the device-specific ndo_stop function,
which frees the resources. If the driver is unloaded in
this scenario, it calls ndo_stop again, attempting to free
resources that have already been freed, leading to a host
hang issue. To resolve this, dev_close should be called
instead of the device-specific stop function.dev_close
internally calls ndo_stop to stop the network interface
and performs additional cleanup tasks. During the driver
unload process, if the device is already down, ndo_stop
is not called.

Fixes: 5cb96c29aa0e ("octeon_ep: add heartbeat monitor")
Signed-off-by: Sathesh B Edara <sedara@...vell.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
index 0a679e95196f..24499bb36c00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ static void octep_hb_timeout_task(struct work_struct *work)
 		miss_cnt);
 	rtnl_lock();
 	if (netif_running(oct->netdev))
-		octep_stop(oct->netdev);
+		dev_close(oct->netdev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
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