[PATCH 4/4] net/gve: add minor fixes to flow rule code

Jasper Tran O'Leary jtranoleary at google.com
Fri Mar 27 01:18:27 CET 2026


Replace an unneeded goto statement with an early return. Add a comment
about the lifetime of the flow rule lock.

Signed-off-by: Jasper Tran O'Leary <jtranoleary at google.com>
Reviewed-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash at google.com>
---
 drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
index 6ce3ef3..fce90ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
@@ -521,8 +521,7 @@ gve_setup_flow_subsystem(struct gve_priv *priv)
 			priv->flow_rule_bmp_size, 0);
 	if (!priv->avail_flow_rule_bmp_mem) {
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to alloc bitmap for flow rules.");
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto free_flow_rule_bmp;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	err = gve_flow_init_bmp(priv);
@@ -619,6 +618,11 @@ gve_dev_reset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	if (gve_get_flow_subsystem_ok(priv))
 		gve_teardown_flow_subsystem(priv);
 
+	/*
+	 * Note that gve_teardown_flow_subsystem does not destroy the
+	 * flow_rule_lock. The lock is preserved across device resets and only
+	 * destroyed on dev_close.
+	 */
 	gve_free_queues(dev);
 	gve_teardown_device_resources(priv);
 	gve_adminq_free(priv);
-- 
2.53.0.1118.gaef5881109-goog



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