linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.16 164/200] ibmvnic: dont spin in tasklet

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:57:07 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.16 164/200] ibmvnic: dont spin in tasklet

From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>

[ Upstream commit 48079e7fdd0269d66b1d7d66ae88bd03162464ad ]

ibmvnic_tasklet() continuously spins waiting for responses to all
capability requests. It does this to avoid encountering an error
during initialization of the vnic. However if there is a bug in the
VIOS and we do not receive a response to one or more queries the
tasklet ends up spinning continuously leading to hard lock ups.

If we fail to receive a message from the VIOS it is reasonable to
timeout the login attempt rather than spin indefinitely in the tasklet.

Fixes: 249168ad07cd ("ibmvnic: Make CRQ interrupt tasklet wait for all capabilities crqs")
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index acd488310bbce..682a440151a87 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -5491,12 +5491,6 @@ static void ibmvnic_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 			ibmvnic_handle_crq(crq, adapter);
 			crq->generic.first = 0;
 		}
-
-		/* remain in tasklet until all
-		 * capabilities responses are received
-		 */
-		if (!adapter->wait_capability)
-			done = true;
 	}
 	/* if capabilities CRQ's were sent in this tasklet, the following
 	 * tasklet must wait until all responses are received
-- 
2.34.1