Re: [PATCH] tg3: guard napi_disable and pci_disable_device calls

From: Yury M.

Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 12:45:45 EST


Yes, mostly this patch is about adding a flag to track the NAPI status to avoid a double release.

On 5/18/26 17:27, Michael Chan wrote:
On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 8:43 AM Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am not sure if we should allow this fix for what I think is a
situation arising out of an unsupported topology..
I will defer this to Michael or netdev maintainers for their feedback.
If the question is about adding a driver flag to keep track of the
NAPI state, I think it should be ok. bnxt has a similar
BNXT_STATE_NAPI_DISABLED flag for this purpose.