Re: [net] e1000: Prevent reset task killing itself.

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 04:04:50AM -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:

From: Tushar Dave <redacted>

Killing reset task while adapter is resetting causes deadlock.
Only kill reset task if adapter is not resetting.
Ref bug #43132 on bugzilla.kernel.org

CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tushar Dave <redacted>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <redacted>
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@stable - this patch is applicable back to 3.1 kernels

In the future, so this information will not be lost, please do as
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt show and put this information in
the cc: line to stable.  So for this patch, you should say:

 Cc: stable [off-list ref] [3.1+]
in the signed-off-by: area above.

thanks,

greg k-h