netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] be2net: Schedule/Destroy worker thread in probe()/remove() rather than open()/close()

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Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:14:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	somnath.kotur@...lex.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] be2net: Schedule/Destroy worker thread in
 probe()/remove() rather than open()/close()

From: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...lex.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:31:03 +0530

> When async mcc compls are rcvd on an i/f that is down (and so interrupts are disabled)
> they just lie unprocessed in the compl queue.The compl queue can eventually get filled
> up and cause the BE to lock up.The fix is to use be_worker to reap mcc compls when the
> i/f is down.be_worker is now launched in be_probe() and canceled in be_remove().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...lex.com>

Applied.
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