[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net 2/2] ice: Shut down VSI with "link-down-on-close" enabled

[Pucha, HimasekharX Reddy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org> On Behalf Of Wojciech Drewek
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2023 4:32 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Cc: netdev at vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net 2/2] ice: Shut down VSI with "link-down-on-close" enabled
>
> From: Ngai-Mint Kwan <ngai-mint.kwan at intel.com>
>
> Disabling netdev with ethtool private flag "link-down-on-close" enabled
> can cause NULL pointer dereference bug. Shut down VSI regardless of
> "link-down-on-close" state.
>
> Fixes: 8ac7132704f3 ("ice: Fix interface being down after reset with link-down-on-close flag on")
> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ngai-Mint Kwan <ngai-mint.kwan at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>

Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha at intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)