Subject: Re: [PATCH net] iavf: fix deadlock in reset handling

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:58:13 -0800

On Mon,  2 Feb 2026 09:48:20 +0100 Petr Oros wrote:
> +	netdev_unlock(netdev);
> +	ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(adapter->reset_waitqueue,
> +					       !iavf_is_reset_in_progress(adapter),
> +					       msecs_to_jiffies(5000));
> +	netdev_lock(netdev);

Dropping locks taken by the core around the driver callback
is obviously unacceptable. SMH.