Reset preparation notifies cooperative VFs, then immediately releases queue maps and firmware topology. A VF which ignores the notification can continue DMA while the PF tears down the resources which describe it. Assert VFSWR for each configured VF before teardown. Run the mandatory firmware drain serially, disable active receive queues, verify that PCIe transactions have drained, and leave the VF held until its VSI rebuild succeeds. Block ordinary mailbox requests as soon as quiesce begins so a hostile VF cannot re-enable queues in the warning interval. Also clear VFLR status only after VFRD and perform the final Transaction Pending check before publishing VFACTIVE. This follows the VF reset flow in section 4.1.3.3.3 of the Intel E810 Datasheet. Serializing VFs stays below the documented limit of four concurrent VM/VF reset flows. Validated on an E810-XXV with active host VFs and a Linux passthrough VF. Two active VFs recovered together after a PF reset and eight after a CORE reset; every VF returned initialized and traffic resumed. A 128-VF configured passthrough topology also survived a PF reset. With the bhyve process paused while ingress targeted an active Linux VF, the PF completed quiesce, topology teardown, and VSI rebuild without guest mailbox cooperation. The VF remained configured but uninitialized until the guest resumed, then re-handshook and restored traffic. The companion failure-injection commit forced each mandatory drain stage to fail. Every affected VF remained inactive with bus mastering disabled and recovered after SR-IOV recreation. MFC after: 2 weeks Sponsored by: BBOX.io
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