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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c index c3db6cd69b68..2b6cb5ca48ee 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c @@ -944,9 +944,17 @@ free_queue_irqs: free_irq(adapter->msix_entries[vector].vector, adapter->q_vector[vector]); } - pci_disable_msix(adapter->pdev); - kfree(adapter->msix_entries); - adapter->msix_entries = NULL; + /* This failure is non-recoverable - it indicates the system is + * out of MSIX vector resources and the VF driver cannot run + * without them. Set the number of msix vectors to zero + * indicating that not enough can be allocated. The error + * will be returned to the user indicating device open failed. + * Any further attempts to force the driver to open will also + * fail. The only way to recover is to unload the driver and + * reload it again. If the system has recovered some MSIX + * vectors then it may succeed. + */ + adapter->num_msix_vectors = 0; return err; } @@ -2572,6 +2580,15 @@ static int ixgbevf_open(struct net_device *netdev) struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw; int err; + /* A previous failure to open the device because of a lack of + * available MSIX vector resources may have reset the number + * of msix vectors variable to zero. The only way to recover + * is to unload/reload the driver and hope that the system has + * been able to recover some MSIX vector resources. + */ + if (!adapter->num_msix_vectors) + return -ENOMEM; + /* disallow open during test */ if (test_bit(__IXGBEVF_TESTING, &adapter->state)) return -EBUSY; @@ -2628,7 +2645,6 @@ static int ixgbevf_open(struct net_device *netdev) err_req_irq: ixgbevf_down(adapter); - ixgbevf_free_irq(adapter); err_setup_rx: ixgbevf_free_all_rx_resources(adapter); err_setup_tx: |