[Patch v6 4/4] bnx2x: prevent excessive debug information during a TX timeout

[Thinh Tran <thinhtr@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Reduce debug output when a TX timeout occurs to avoid overflowing the
system log buffer.

Signed-off-by: Thinh Tran <thinhtr@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c  | 6 ++++++
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
index e34aff5fb782..73546497d978 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -4983,6 +4983,12 @@ void bnx2x_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txqueue)
 {
 	struct bnx2x *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	/* Immediately indicate link as down */
+	bp->link_vars.link_up = 0;
+	bp->force_link_down = true;
+	netif_carrier_off(dev);
+	BNX2X_ERR("Indicating link is down due to Tx-timeout\n");
+
 	/* We want the information of the dump logged,
 	 * but calling bnx2x_panic() would kill all chances of recovery.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index 13d2a7761c24..236cd40d7381 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -10266,12 +10266,6 @@ static void bnx2x_sp_rtnl_task(struct work_struct *work)
 		bp->sp_rtnl_state = 0;
 		smp_mb();
 
-		/* Immediately indicate link as down */
-		bp->link_vars.link_up = 0;
-		bp->force_link_down = true;
-		netif_carrier_off(bp->dev);
-		BNX2X_ERR("Indicating link is down due to Tx-timeout\n");
-
 		bnx2x_nic_unload(bp, UNLOAD_NORMAL, true);
 		/* When ret value shows failure of allocation failure,
 		 * the nic is rebooted again. If open still fails, a error
-- 
2.27.0