This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled iavf: restore MSI state on reset to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: iavf-restore-msi-state-on-reset.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 7e4dcc13965c57869684d57a1dc6dd7be589488c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 09:53:28 -0700 Subject: iavf: restore MSI state on reset From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@xxxxxxxxx> commit 7e4dcc13965c57869684d57a1dc6dd7be589488c upstream. If the PF experiences an FLR, the VF's MSI and MSI-X configuration will be conveniently and silently removed in the process. When this happens, reset recovery will appear to complete normally but no traffic will pass. The netdev watchdog will helpfully notify everyone of this issue. To prevent such public embarrassment, restore MSI configuration at every reset. For normal resets, this will do no harm, but for VF resets resulting from a PF FLR, this will keep the VF working. Fixes: 5eae00c57f5e ("i40evf: main driver core") Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: George Kuruvinakunnel <george.kuruvinakunnel@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c @@ -2139,6 +2139,7 @@ static void iavf_reset_task(struct work_ } pci_set_master(adapter->pdev); + pci_restore_msi_state(adapter->pdev); if (i == IAVF_RESET_WAIT_COMPLETE_COUNT) { dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Reset never finished (%x)\n", Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mitch.a.williams@xxxxxxxxx are queue-5.10/iavf-restore-msi-state-on-reset.patch