netdev - Re: [PATCH net] gve: prevent ethtool ops after shutdown

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 <175565948428.3753798.10388624355230627134.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 03:11:24 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Jeroen de Borst <jeroendb@...gle.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, hramamurthy@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, willemb@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
 jordanrhee@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] gve: prevent ethtool ops after shutdown

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:12:45 -0700 you wrote:
> From: Jordan Rhee <jordanrhee@...gle.com>
> 
> A crash can occur if an ethtool operation is invoked
> after shutdown() is called.
> 
> shutdown() is invoked during system shutdown to stop DMA operations
> without performing expensive deallocations. It is discouraged to
> unregister the netdev in this path, so the device may still be visible
> to userspace and kernel helpers.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] gve: prevent ethtool ops after shutdown
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/75a9a46d67f4

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