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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] be2net: Schedule/Destroy worker thread in
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:14:08 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@emulex.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:31:03 +0530

> When async mcc compls are rcvd on an i/f that is down (and so interrupts are disabled)
> they just lie unprocessed in the compl queue.The compl queue can eventually get filled
> up and cause the BE to lock up.The fix is to use be_worker to reap mcc compls when the
> i/f is down.be_worker is now launched in be_probe() and canceled in be_remove().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@emulex.com>

Applied.