netdev - Re: [PATCH net] be2net: fix disabling TX in be

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Date:	Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sathya.perla@...lex.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] be2net: fix disabling TX in be_close()

From: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:23:41 +0530

> commit fba875591 ("disable TX in be_close()") disabled TX in be_close()
> to protect be_xmit() from touching freed up queues in the AER recovery
> flow.  But, TX must be disabled *before* cleaning up TX completions in
> the close() path, not after. This allows be_tx_compl_clean() to free up
> all TX-req skbs that were notified to the HW.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.
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