From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.willi...@intel.com>
Add a comment to reduce confusion.
Change-ID: I3d5819c0f3f5174680442ae54398a073d4a61f4f
Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.willi...@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bow...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index 5673dbd2cf7d..f35dcaac5bb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -2153,6 +2153,11 @@ static int i40evf_close(struct net_device *netdev)
adapter->state = __I40EVF_DOWN_PENDING;
i40evf_free_traffic_irqs(adapter);
+ /* We explicitly don't free resources here because the hardware is
+ * still active and can DMA into memory. Resources are cleared in
+ * i40evf_virtchnl_completion() after we get confirmation from the PF
+ * driver that the rings have been stopped.
+ */
return 0;
}
--
2.11.0
