[PATCH 2/2] net/mlx5: reset promiscuous modes on device close

Dariusz Sosnowski dsosnowski at nvidia.com
Tue Aug 25 10:17:39 CEST 2026


On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 11:23:32AM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> Since the DPDK port is backed by a kernel netdevice, leaving this
> netdevice in promiscuous mode may have unexpected consequences.
> 
> Reset promiscuous and all multicast modes on close.
> 
> Fixes: dd4bb90bc3cb ("net/mlx5: use Netlink to enable promisc/allmulti mode")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>

Acked-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski at nvidia.com>


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