netdev - [PATCH 50/52] sfc: Disable interrupts after a fatal interrupt occurs until reset

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Date:	Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:50:14 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH 50/52] sfc: Disable interrupts after a fatal interrupt occurs until reset

This should avoid an interrupt storm, which has been observed in the
field with one faulty board.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
index 3a5289f..d30c938 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
@@ -1374,10 +1374,11 @@ static irqreturn_t falcon_fatal_interrupt(struct efx_nic *efx)
 			EFX_OWORD_FMT "\n", EFX_OWORD_VAL(reg));
 	}
 
-	/* Disable DMA bus mastering on both devices */
+	/* Disable both devices */
 	pci_disable_device(efx->pci_dev);
 	if (FALCON_IS_DUAL_FUNC(efx))
 		pci_disable_device(nic_data->pci_dev2);
+	falcon_disable_interrupts(efx);
 
 	if (++n_int_errors < FALCON_MAX_INT_ERRORS) {
 		EFX_ERR(efx, "SYSTEM ERROR - reset scheduled\n");
-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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