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authorJesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>2009-05-07 15:07:35 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-05-08 01:52:32 +0400
commitc2d5ab4973bfaa72cbb677801825ce56c8f69b56 (patch)
tree80a5a2f555285a45c8e38f409aa996953f60fee6 /drivers/net/e1000
parentc9c7d2e5a06cd3a26b6be096949e3371ec2aa123 (diff)
downloadlinux-c2d5ab4973bfaa72cbb677801825ce56c8f69b56.tar.xz
e1000/e1000e/igb/ixgb: don't txhang after link down
after the recent changes to wired drivers to use only netif_carrier_off the driver can have outstanding tx work to complete that will never complete once link is down. Since the intel hardware will hold this tx work forever, the driver notices a tx timeout condition internally and might try to instigate printk and reset of the part with a netif_stop_queue, which doesn't work because link is down. Don't bother arming to tx hang detection when link is down. Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/e1000')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 71d4fe15976a..b455dca0901e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -2646,6 +2646,8 @@ static void e1000_watchdog(unsigned long data)
* (Do the reset outside of interrupt context). */
adapter->tx_timeout_count++;
schedule_work(&adapter->reset_task);
+ /* return immediately since reset is imminent */
+ return;
}
}