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* [PATCH net] octeontx2-pf: Set correct sequence for carrier off and tx queue stop
@ 2026-07-24  7:28 Ratheesh Kannoth
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From: Ratheesh Kannoth @ 2026-07-24  7:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: davem, lcherian, linux-kernel, netdev, sgoutham, tduszynski
  Cc: andrew+netdev, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, Suman Ghosh,
	Ratheesh Kannoth

From: Suman Ghosh <sumang@marvell.com>

During link down event, we were doing netif_tx_stop_all_queues() first
and then netif_carrier_off(). This can cause a potential race since
carrier is still on during down event. This patch reverse the calling
order to fix the issue.

Fixes: 50fe6c02e5ad ("octeontx2-pf: Register and handle link notifications")
Signed-off-by: Suman Ghosh <sumang@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
index 2e33b33ec993..c995f2900859 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
@@ -889,8 +889,8 @@ static void otx2_handle_link_event(struct otx2_nic *pf)
 		netif_carrier_on(netdev);
 		netif_tx_start_all_queues(netdev);
 	} else {
-		netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
 		netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+		netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0


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