[PATCH] net/ice: ensure correct vector flag after reconfiguration

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Thu Jan 29 12:56:33 CET 2026


On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 09:42:06AM +0000, Loftus, Ciara wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH] net/ice: ensure correct vector flag after reconfiguration
> > 
> > After configuring the Tx path to be used, the ice driver sets the
> > tx_vec_allowed flag if a vector path is chosen. However, on
> > reconfiguration, the flag is not cleared if a scalar path is chosen,
> > leading to crashes on driver shutdown as the wrong cleanup function
> > would be used in that case. Fix issue, by always setting the flag to
> > true or false explicitly.
> > 
> > Fixes: d3206e40c435 ("net/ice: use common Tx path selection infrastructure")
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> 
> Thanks for catching this Bruce.
> 
> Acked-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> 
Squashed to original commit on next-net-intel-tree


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