Re: [PATCH net 0/6][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-09-28 (idpf, ice, iavf)

[Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>]

On 9/28/2026 4:04 PM, Tony Nguyen wrote:
> For idpf:
> Emil fixes a remove/reset race by always stopping the vport during
> idpf_stop() so NAPI is properly torn down.
> 
> For ice:
> Xuanqiang Luo resolves a use-after-free issue by changing order of
> operations so index is used before being freed.
> 
> Bryan Fraschetti restores ordered MMIO writes for ice Tx doorbells
> by replacing writel_relaxed() call with writel().
> 
> Tristan Madani fixes representor use-after-free by releasing
> metadata_dst through dst_release() to ensure it is not freed until
> all references are dropped.
> 
> For iavf:
> Tomasz fixes reporting of statistics by always requesting statistics
> while the adapter is running as PTP commands can interfere with the
> previous fallback stats update mechanism.
> 
> Dave Butler caps the advertised maximum packet size to the hardware's
> single-buffer limit, preventing PF queue-configuration failures caused
> by oversized multi-buffer frame limits.

Patches 1 & 5 will need to be reworked and resubmitted; responses to 
Sashiko are on 3 & 6. I'm hoping would be willing take the acceptable 
ones and I will resubmit the reworked ones later.

Thanks,
Tony

> The following are changes since commit a7bfaba4823e3c165bb2004c74eff7c096672bc7:
>    ipv6: fix prefix route expiry in modify_prefix_route()
> and are available in the git repository at:
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/net-queue 200GbE
> 
> Bryan Fraschetti (1):
>    ice: Restore Ordered MMIO Writes for Tx Doorbells
> 
> Dave Butler (1):
>    iavf: cap advertised max_pkt_size at the single-buffer HW limit
> 
> Emil Tantilov (1):
>    idpf: fix possible race on remove during a reset
> 
> Tomasz Lichwala (1):
>    iavf: fix VF stats not updating due to PTP command preemption
> 
> Tristan Madani (1):
>    ice: fix metadata_dst refcount handling on representor teardown
> 
> Xuanqiang Luo (1):
>    ice: fix use-after-free in dynamic port cleanup
> 
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c     | 14 ++++----------
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c |  8 ++++++++
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/port.c   |  2 +-
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c    |  2 +-
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c       |  4 ++--
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c      |  4 ----
>   6 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>