Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix PTP Call Trace during PTP release

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 08:23:26AM +0100, Aleksandr Loktionov wrote:
> From: Paul Greenwalt <paul.greenwalt@intel.com>
> 
> If a PF reset occurs when the PTP state is ICE_PTP_UNINIT, then
> ice_ptp_rebuild() will update the state to ICE_PTP_ERROR. This will
> result in the following PTP release call trace during driver unload:
> 
>     kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:52!
>     ice_ptp_release+0x332/0x3c0 [ice]
>     ice_deinit_features.part.0+0x10e/0x120 [ice]
>     ice_remove+0x100/0x220 [ice]
> 
> This was observed when passing PF1 through to a VM. ice_ptp_init()
> fails because ctrl_pf is NULL and sets the state to ICE_PTP_UNINIT.
> 
> Fix by detecting the ICE_PTP_UNINIT state in ice_ptp_rebuild() and
> returning without error, preventing the invalid state transition to
> ICE_PTP_ERROR. The only valid path to ICE_PTP_ERROR is from
> ICE_PTP_RESETTING after a failed rebuild.
> 
> Fixes: 8293e4cb2ff5 ("ice: introduce PTP state machine")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Greenwalt <paul.greenwalt@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>