RE: [PATCH] ntb: stop link work when we do not have memory

["Allen Hubbe" <Allen.Hubbe@emc.com>]

> From: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
> 
> Instead of keep trying to go through the init routine when we aren't
> able
> to allocate memory, we should just stop and go down.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
> Tested-by: Alex Depoutovitch <alex@pernixdata.com>
> ---
>  drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c |   10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
> index 06d4e58..50ecbd6 100644
> --- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
> +++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
> @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static void ntb_transport_link_work(struct
> work_struct *work)
>  	struct pci_dev *pdev = ndev->pdev;
>  	resource_size_t size;
>  	u32 val;
> -	int rc, i, spad;
> +	int rc = 0, i, spad;
> 
>  	/* send the local info, in the opposite order of the way we read it
> */
>  	for (i = 0; i < nt->mw_count; i++) {
> @@ -899,6 +899,14 @@ static void ntb_transport_link_work(struct
> work_struct *work)
>  out1:
>  	for (i = 0; i < nt->mw_count; i++)
>  		ntb_free_mw(nt, i);
> +
> +	/* if there's an actual failure, we should just bail */
> +	if (rc < 0) {
> +		nt->link_is_up = false;

Why not ntb_link_disable()?  As long as we leave the link up, the peer will keep spinning trying to connect.  Should we try again if the peer resets the link, or never again?

> +		ntb_transport_link_cleanup(nt);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>  out:
>  	if (ntb_link_is_up(ndev, NULL, NULL) == 1)
>  		schedule_delayed_work(&nt->link_work,