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authorThomas Falcon2017-05-26 16:30:42 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller2017-05-26 21:32:45 +0200
commitb8c80b8413eec7ae154cdad692a7fd1cb32d0370 (patch)
tree398178ab51f81d8ea65808d8081e6c4c1b43d846 /drivers/net
parentibmvnic: Non-fatal error handling (diff)
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ibmvnic: Halt TX and report carrier off on H_CLOSED return code
This patch disables transmissions and reports carrier off if xmit function returns that the hardware TX queue is closed. The driver can then await a signal from firmware to determine the correct reset method. Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index def867aaa422..1c3f1edea9db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1111,8 +1111,14 @@ static int ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
tx_buff->skb = NULL;
- if (lpar_rc == H_CLOSED)
- netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, queue_num);
+ if (lpar_rc == H_CLOSED) {
+ /* Disable TX and report carrier off if queue is closed.
+ * Firmware guarantees that a signal will be sent to the
+ * driver, triggering a reset or some other action.
+ */
+ netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+ }
tx_send_failed++;
tx_dropped++;