If the device is already in the up state, a subsequent write of `up` to the sysfs attribute /sys/bus/pci/devices/<BDF>/qat/state brings the device down. Fix this behaviour by ignoring subsequent `up` commands if the device is already in the up state. Fixes: 1bdc85550a2b ("crypto: qat - fix concurrency issue when device state changes") Signed-off-by: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Adam Guerin <adam.guerin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_sysfs.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_sysfs.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_sysfs.c index 5e14c374ebd3..8672cfa2800f 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_sysfs.c @@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ static ssize_t state_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, dev_info(dev, "Starting device qat_dev%d\n", accel_id); ret = adf_dev_up(accel_dev, true); - if (ret < 0) { + if (ret == -EALREADY) { + break; + } else if (ret) { dev_err(dev, "Failed to start device qat_dev%d\n", accel_id); adf_dev_down(accel_dev, true); -- 2.41.0