[PATCH v2 1/9] net/iavf: keep device stopped if start fails

Anatoly Burakov anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Mon Oct 19 17:06:20 CEST 2026


Currently, `iavf_dev_start()` clears `adapter->stopped` before several
operations that can fail. A subsequent `iavf_dev_stop()` then disables
interrupts and stops and resets queues even though startup did not
complete.

Mark the adapter running only after startup succeeds, and return early
from stop when it is already stopped.

Fixes: 69dd4c3d0898 ("net/avf: enable queue and device")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
index 7f1ad3d88c..68aced0e31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
@@ -1039,8 +1039,6 @@ iavf_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	if (adapter->closed)
 		return -1;
 
-	adapter->stopped = 0;
-
 	vf->max_pkt_len = dev->data->mtu + IAVF_ETH_OVERHEAD;
 	vf->num_queue_pairs = RTE_MAX(dev->data->nb_rx_queues,
 				      dev->data->nb_tx_queues);
@@ -1112,6 +1110,7 @@ iavf_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	}
 
 	iavf_phc_sync_alarm_start(dev);
+	adapter->stopped = 0;
 
 	/* An explicit start supersedes any pending deferred start */
 	vf->start_pending = false;
@@ -1135,13 +1134,13 @@ iavf_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	if (adapter->closed)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (adapter->stopped == 1)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!(vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_WB_ON_ITR) &&
 	    dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq != 0)
 		rte_intr_disable(intr_handle);
 
-	if (adapter->stopped == 1)
-		return 0;
-
 	iavf_phc_sync_alarm_stop(dev);
 
 	/* Disable the interrupt for Rx */
-- 
2.52.0



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