[PATCH net-next 06/11] ibmvnic: Halt TX and report carrier off on H_CLOSED return code
From: Nathan Fontenot <hidden>
Date: 2017-05-26 14:42:28
Subsystem:
ibm power sriov virtual nic device driver, linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Haren Myneni, Rick Lindsley, Madhavan Srinivasan, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
From: Thomas Falcon <redacted> 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 <redacted> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index def867a..1c3f1ed 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++;