netdev - [PATCH 2/2] qlge: fix a eeh handler to not add a pending timer

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Date:	Thu,  1 Jul 2010 10:00:18 -0300
From:	leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Breno Leitao <leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] qlge: fix a eeh handler to not add a pending timer

On some ocasions the function qlge_io_resume() tries to add a
pending timer, which causes the system to hit the BUG() on
add_timer() function.

This patch removes the timer during the EEH recovery.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
---
 drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 509dadc..d10bcef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -4712,6 +4712,8 @@ static void ql_eeh_close(struct net_device *ndev)
 		netif_stop_queue(ndev);
 	}
 
+	/* Disabling the timer */
+	del_timer_sync(&qdev->timer);
 	if (test_bit(QL_ADAPTER_UP, &qdev->flags))
 		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&qdev->asic_reset_work);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&qdev->mpi_reset_work);
-- 
1.6.5.2

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