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authorDmitry Kravkov <dmitry@broadcom.com>2013-08-19 09:11:57 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-08-20 00:21:47 -0700
commit07b4eb3b53f692a75fc0bc35c43345f331b7cca4 (patch)
tree24bfdbb54368860a976a16a161f1ce1077e7df71 /drivers/net/ethernet/marvell
parent9156b30b33acaef9ce602fb31230154f13af4881 (diff)
downloadlinux-07b4eb3b53f692a75fc0bc35c43345f331b7cca4.tar.bz2
bnx2x: Change DCB context handling
After notification that DCBX configuration has ended arrived to the driver, the driver configured the FW/HW in sleepless context. As a result, it was possible to reach a race (mostly with CNIC registration) in which the configuration will return a timeout, failing to set the DCBX results correctly. This patch moves the configuration following the DCBX end into the slowpath RTNL task (i.e., sleepless context protected by the RTNL lock), allowing the configuration to cope with such races. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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