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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_i225.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_i225.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_i225.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_i225.c index b6807e16eea9..a0e2a404d535 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_i225.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_i225.c @@ -156,8 +156,15 @@ void igc_release_swfw_sync_i225(struct igc_hw *hw, u16 mask) { u32 swfw_sync; - while (igc_get_hw_semaphore_i225(hw)) - ; /* Empty */ + /* Releasing the resource requires first getting the HW semaphore. + * If we fail to get the semaphore, there is nothing we can do, + * except log an error and quit. We are not allowed to hang here + * indefinitely, as it may cause denial of service or system crash. + */ + if (igc_get_hw_semaphore_i225(hw)) { + hw_dbg("Failed to release SW_FW_SYNC.\n"); + return; + } swfw_sync = rd32(IGC_SW_FW_SYNC); swfw_sync &= ~mask; |