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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
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;
}