From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B97A2F3600; Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:39:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758119948; cv=none; b=COdEeGDM/uEnnSav0ZMNSYnNuLSAGRiD9n5bmNolrtG2v6HAD+eodPrhj8nIJcmZmeBH5cQ742eKBhsvgowMyp+RPqwhWcdjytJCHFUpT/MSeMzBAzUhD12wzxmlgUI3HmFXM0npV9z/J1W/Dn3CpIzt0BK/Bmbmd47xgdWK7zQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758119948; c=relaxed/simple; bh=u3+VBb0+jmWQQQNa6YrZZDY0GATxxNhEQ0yXVlXJ5Pk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=cMCEEu1unu78TVa9PF2bjOfp36HkHYwvCp02ly91OM2rNPTImIOGO4pddSLmkez2xBzvxo1ggCjSFOdMADfQO7soe+vT/U6QRF7obA60M5RZgN+r2I2pQb21KakrpedKZfWXlOhKxHfAXbxKODBtM25sGQJNj9h6B1R4BZfiXQ8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=i1eeGgeq; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="i1eeGgeq" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7D468C4CEF0; Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:39:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1758119947; bh=u3+VBb0+jmWQQQNa6YrZZDY0GATxxNhEQ0yXVlXJ5Pk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=i1eeGgeq+AggIW9AVtyBJpJpYfNoylI143diff794sXLTNMKVy8ghMpQkHfSUWdqK 8yzWuwzF/4OMauvcVuI+l1WcCsr0O8EvNvvVe5gnagmj+FYVWXJQt1BBlXH4t20Wxv FHFr8csxCJhbqYX7jhighmBjfgphjTvzfNbJkryId3thChMrhKA2uF4kNMpbQ8GKv9 kRa6Brvzu85IjGzOA30wQPsrSC6vsDHdlq5z4DxpIzZc/QP5YW1ZyWb3LiSWhdg0pY pmV4ZIsOEWZQqZUcR73pF8EWnESbcESf1IYuhDAtPfGMF4U6+q8BsOIRGpsmrczXwn ICvosiogou9cg== Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:39:03 +0100 From: Simon Horman To: Sathesh B Edara Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Satananda Burla , Veerasenareddy Burru , "davem@davemloft.net" , "edumazet@google.com" , "kuba@kernel.org" , "pabeni@redhat.com" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Haseeb Gani , "andrew@lunn.ch" , Shinas Rasheed Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [net PATCH v2] octeon_ep: Clear VF info at PF when VF driver is removed Message-ID: <20250917143903.GL394836@horms.kernel.org> References: <20250916131225.21589-1-sedara@marvell.com> <20250917115542.GA394836@horms.kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 12:24:22PM +0000, Sathesh B Edara wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 06:12:25AM -0700, Sathesh B Edara wrote: > > > When a VF (Virtual Function) driver is removed, the PF (Physical > > > Function) driver continues to retain stale VF-specific information. > > > This can lead to inconsistencies or unexpected behavior when the VF is > > > re-initialized or reassigned. > > > > > > This patch ensures that the PF driver clears the corresponding VF info > > > when the VF driver is removed, maintaining a clean state and > > > preventing potential issues. > > > > > > Fixes: cde29af9e68e ("octeon_ep: add PF-VF mailbox communication") > > > Signed-off-by: Sathesh B Edara > > > --- > > > Changes: > > > V2: > > > - Commit header format corrected. > > > > Hi, > > > > I feel that I must be missing something terribly obvious. > > But this patch seems to be a subset of the one at the link below. > > > You're absolutely right — apologies for the confusion. I mistakenly sent the wrong patch and so marked its state as 'Not Applicable'. > Please disregard this patch. Thanks, understood.