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An FLR concurrent\nwith a devlink flash can unmap cmd_regs under an in-flight devcmd,\ncausing a NULL deref or a write to unmapped MMIO.\n\nTake devcmd_lock across the BAR unmap/remap, and re-check cmd_regs in\nthe download loop. Only the PF maps cmd_regs and runs devcmd, so skip\nthe unmap on a VF, as pdsc_remove() and pdsc_reset_done() already do.\n\nA reset that completes entirely within the unlocked window is not a\ncorrectness problem for the image: the device clears its update session,\nso a resumed download is rejected, and it verifies the staged image\nbefore writing a flash slot, reporting PDS_RC_BAD_FW rather than\nactivating it.\n\npdsc_unmap_bars() also clears info_regs, intr_status and intr_ctrl. 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