[PATCH net] octeontx2-pf: Set correct sequence for carrier off and tx queue stop
From: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
Date: 2026-07-24 07:28:59
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marvell octeontx2 physical function driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Sunil Goutham, Geetha sowjanya, Ratheesh Kannoth, Subbaraya Sundeep, Bharat Bhushan, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
From: Suman Ghosh <redacted>
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 <redacted>
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); } }
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