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When the VF driver does a reset, it (at least the Linux one) writes to
the VFCTRL register to issue a reset and then immediately sends a reset
message using the mailbox API. This is racy because when the PF driver
detects that the VFCTRL register reset pin has been asserted, it clears
the mailbox memory. Depending on ordering, the reset message sent by
the VF could be cleared by the PF driver. It then responds to the
cleared message with a NACK which causes the VF driver to malfunction.
Fix this by deferring clearing the mailbox memory until the reset
message is received.
Fixes: 939b701ad633 ("ixgbe: fix driver behaviour after issuing VFLR")
Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.