octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove
authorAnshumali Gaur <agaur@marvell.com>
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:36:34 +0000 (14:06 +0530)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:34:16 +0000 (11:34 -0700)
commit3ba97ff4f873481d370bee7f7dfb87f8296af9be
tree9c77aa32d1a42468503b6e7cf45e860cdc0f83c4
parent4d5df98369c5f45710b786499f8bd7ffc3196433
octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove

Initialize the VF workqueue before register_netdev() so ndo_set_rx_mode
does not queue work on a NULL workqueue. Unregister the netdev before
destroying the workqueue, and add proper probe error cleanup.

Fixes: cbc100aa2205 ("octeontx2-nicvf: add ndo_set_rx_mode support for multicast & promisc")
Signed-off-by: Nitin Shetty J <nshettyj@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Anshumali Gaur <agaur@marvell.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260820083634.1641740-1-nshettyj@marvell.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c