From a89e828397abbefdc5c3b707521f6b73471b43c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@emulex.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:41:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] be2net: fix a crash seen during insmod/rmmod test
While running insmod/rmood in a loop, an unnecessary netif_stop_queue
causes the system to crash. Remove the netif_stop_queue call
and netif_start_queue in the link status update path.
Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
drivers/net/benet/be_main.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
index de40d3b7152f..9aaf1ef704e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
@@ -312,11 +312,9 @@ void be_link_status_update(struct be_adapter *adapter, bool link_up)
if (adapter->link_up != link_up) {
adapter->link_speed = -1;
if (link_up) {
- netif_start_queue(netdev);
netif_carrier_on(netdev);
printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Link up\n", netdev->name);
} else {
- netif_stop_queue(netdev);
netif_carrier_off(netdev);
printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Link down\n", netdev->name);
}
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