[PATCH] net/gve: add passive device-requested reset

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Mar 27 17:15:03 CET 2026


On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:20:38 +0000
"Jasper Tran O'Leary" <jtranoleary at google.com> wrote:

> In addition to application-initiated resets, during normal operation,
> the device can indicate the need to reset by writing a value to a device
> status register. This patch introduces an alarm that polls the
> status of that register and informs the application of the need to
> reset. The application is responsible for registering a callback that
> will execute in the event that the alarm discovers that the device
> requests a reset.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jasper Tran O'Leary <jtranoleary at google.com>
> Reviewed-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash at google.com>
> ---

Since not a bug fix, holding this off until 26.07 release


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