Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx5: Remove all auxiliary devices at the unregister event

On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:01:22 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote:

On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 03:05:11PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:

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From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>

The call to mlx5_unregister_device() means that mlx5_core driver is
removed. In such scenario, we need to disregard all other flags like
attach/detach and forcibly remove all auxiliary devices.

Fixes: a5ae8fc9058e ("net/mlx5e: Don't create devices during unload flow")
Tested-and-Reported-by: Yicong Yang [off-list ref]
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
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 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)  

Any reason do not apply this patch?

'Awaiting upstream' => we expect Saeed to take it via his tree.
If special handling is requested is should be noted somewhere.