@@ -441,9 +441,6 @@ struct virtnet_info {
 	/* Packet virtio header size */
 	u8 hdr_len;
 
-	/* Work struct for delayed refilling if we run low on memory. */
-	struct delayed_work refill;
-
 	/* UDP tunnel support */
 	bool tx_tnl;
 

@@ -451,12 +448,6 @@ struct virtnet_info {
 
 	bool rx_tnl_csum;
 
-	/* Is delayed refill enabled? */
-	bool refill_enabled;
-
-	/* The lock to synchronize the access to refill_enabled */
-	spinlock_t refill_lock;
-
 	/* Work struct for config space updates */
 	struct work_struct config_work;
 

@@ -720,20 +711,6 @@ static void virtnet_rq_free_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi,
 		put_page(virt_to_head_page(buf));
 }
 
-static void enable_delayed_refill(struct virtnet_info *vi)
-{
-	spin_lock_bh(&vi->refill_lock);
-	vi->refill_enabled = true;
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vi->refill_lock);
-}
-
-static void disable_delayed_refill(struct virtnet_info *vi)
-{
-	spin_lock_bh(&vi->refill_lock);
-	vi->refill_enabled = false;
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vi->refill_lock);
-}
-
 static void enable_rx_mode_work(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 {
 	rtnl_lock();

@@ -2948,42 +2925,6 @@ static void virtnet_napi_disable(struct receive_queue *rq)
 	napi_disable(napi);
 }
 
-static void refill_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct virtnet_info *vi =
-		container_of(work, struct virtnet_info, refill.work);
-	bool still_empty;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < vi->curr_queue_pairs; i++) {
-		struct receive_queue *rq = &vi->rq[i];
-
-		/*
-		 * When queue API support is added in the future and the call
-		 * below becomes napi_disable_locked, this driver will need to
-		 * be refactored.
-		 *
-		 * One possible solution would be to:
-		 *   - cancel refill_work with cancel_delayed_work (note:
-		 *     non-sync)
-		 *   - cancel refill_work with cancel_delayed_work_sync in
-		 *     virtnet_remove after the netdev is unregistered
-		 *   - wrap all of the work in a lock (perhaps the netdev
-		 *     instance lock)
-		 *   - check netif_running() and return early to avoid a race
-		 */
-		napi_disable(&rq->napi);
-		still_empty = !try_fill_recv(vi, rq, GFP_KERNEL);
-		virtnet_napi_do_enable(rq->vq, &rq->napi);
-
-		/* In theory, this can happen: if we don't get any buffers in
-		 * we will *never* try to fill again.
-		 */
-		if (still_empty)
-			schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, HZ/2);
-	}
-}
-
 static int virtnet_receive_xsk_bufs(struct virtnet_info *vi,
 				    struct receive_queue *rq,
 				    int budget,

@@ -3222,8 +3163,6 @@ static int virtnet_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int i, err;
 
-	enable_delayed_refill(vi);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
 		if (i < vi->curr_queue_pairs)
 			/* If this fails, we will retry later in

@@ -3249,9 +3188,6 @@ static int virtnet_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 
 err_enable_qp:
-	disable_delayed_refill(vi);
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
-
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
 		virtnet_disable_queue_pair(vi, i);
 		virtnet_cancel_dim(vi, &vi->rq[i].dim);

@@ -3445,24 +3381,12 @@ static void virtnet_rx_pause_all(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	/*
-	 * Make sure refill_work does not run concurrently to
-	 * avoid napi_disable race which leads to deadlock.
-	 */
-	disable_delayed_refill(vi);
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
 	for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++)
 		__virtnet_rx_pause(vi, &vi->rq[i]);
 }
 
 static void virtnet_rx_pause(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Make sure refill_work does not run concurrently to
-	 * avoid napi_disable race which leads to deadlock.
-	 */
-	disable_delayed_refill(vi);
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
 	__virtnet_rx_pause(vi, rq);
 }
 

@@ -3486,7 +3410,6 @@ static void virtnet_rx_resume_all(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	enable_delayed_refill(vi);
 	for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
 		if (i < vi->curr_queue_pairs)
 			__virtnet_rx_resume(vi, &vi->rq[i], true);

@@ -3497,7 +3420,6 @@ static void virtnet_rx_resume_all(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 
 static void virtnet_rx_resume(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq)
 {
-	enable_delayed_refill(vi);
 	__virtnet_rx_resume(vi, rq, true);
 }
 

@@ -3848,10 +3770,6 @@ static int virtnet_close(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int i;
 
-	/* Make sure NAPI doesn't schedule refill work */
-	disable_delayed_refill(vi);
-	/* Make sure refill_work doesn't re-enable napi! */
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
 	/* Prevent the config change callback from changing carrier
 	 * after close
 	 */

@@ -5807,7 +5725,6 @@ static int virtnet_restore_up(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
 
-	enable_delayed_refill(vi);
 	enable_rx_mode_work(vi);
 
 	if (netif_running(vi->dev)) {

@@ -6564,7 +6481,6 @@ static int virtnet_alloc_queues(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 	if (!vi->rq)
 		goto err_rq;
 
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&vi->refill, refill_work);
 	for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
 		vi->rq[i].pages = NULL;
 		netif_napi_add_config(vi->dev, &vi->rq[i].napi, virtnet_poll,

@@ -6906,7 +6822,6 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	INIT_WORK(&vi->config_work, virtnet_config_changed_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&vi->rx_mode_work, virtnet_rx_mode_work);
-	spin_lock_init(&vi->refill_lock);
 
 	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)) {
 		vi->mergeable_rx_bufs = true;

@@ -7170,7 +7085,6 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	net_failover_destroy(vi->failover);
 free_vqs:
 	virtio_reset_device(vdev);
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
 	free_receive_page_frags(vi);
 	virtnet_del_vqs(vi);
 free: