From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] vxge: transmit timeout deadlock Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:09:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20101210.160910.43039931.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1292025782-16372-1-git-send-email-jon.mason@exar.com> <1292025782-16372-4-git-send-email-jon.mason@exar.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, sivakumar.subramani@exar.com, sreenivasa.honnur@exar.com, ram.vepa@exar.com To: jon.mason@exar.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:53873 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757273Ab0LKAIm (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:08:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1292025782-16372-4-git-send-email-jon.mason@exar.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jon Mason Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:02:59 -0600 > Use a workqueue to handle the device reset during a transmit timeout, as > there can be a deadlock during bringup. Also, set the netif carrier off > before the watchdog reset is started to prevent the timeout from > reoccurring while still processing the first. > > Signed-off-by: Jon Mason > Signed-off-by: Ram Vepa Applied.