Using 5.15.0-1019-bluefield, After performing 1000 reboots kernel panic
not observed.


** Tags removed: verification-needed-jammy
** Tags added: verification-done-jammy

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Title:
  mlxbf-gige: Fix kernel panic at shutdown

Status in linux-bluefield package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-bluefield source package in Focal:
  Fix Committed
Status in linux-bluefield source package in Jammy:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  SRU Justification:

  [Impact]

  We occasionally see a race condition (once every 350 reboots) where napi is 
still
  running (mlxbf_gige_poll) while a shutdown has been initiated through 
"reboot".
  Since mlxbf_gige_poll is still running, it tries to access a NULL pointer and 
as
  a result causes a kernel panic.

  [Fix]

  The fix is to explicitly disable napi and dequeue it during shutdown.
  mlxbf_gige_remove already calls:
  unregister_netdev->unregister_netdevice->unregister_netdev_queue->
  rollback_registered->rollback_registered_many->dev_close_many->
  __dev_close_many->ndo_stop->mlxbf_gige_stop which stops napi
      
  So use mlxbf_gige_remove in place of the existing shutdown logic.

  [Test Case]

  * Issue at least 1000 reboots from linux and make sure there is no
  panic caused by the mlxbf-gige driver.

  [Regression Potential]

  * since this issue is hard to reproduce, it hasn't been tested
  thoroughly yet. so it needs several reboot loops to validate it.

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