netdev - [net-2.6 PATCH 1/5] qlge: Fix firmware event handler loop.

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Date:	Sun,  7 Jun 2009 16:58:25 -0700
From:	Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ron.mercer@...gic.com
Subject: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/5] qlge: Fix firmware event handler loop.

Check status on every iteration of event handler loop and exit
if an error occurred.  If an error occurred then recover process
will be queued so this loop should no continue.

Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
---
 drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c |    8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
index 9f81b79..7cb30fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
@@ -831,13 +831,19 @@ void ql_mpi_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	    container_of(work, struct ql_adapter, mpi_work.work);
 	struct mbox_params mbc;
 	struct mbox_params *mbcp = &mbc;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&qdev->mpi_mutex);
 
 	while (ql_read32(qdev, STS) & STS_PI) {
 		memset(mbcp, 0, sizeof(struct mbox_params));
 		mbcp->out_count = 1;
-		ql_mpi_handler(qdev, mbcp);
+		/* Don't continue if an async event
+		 * did not complete properly.
+		 */
+		err = ql_mpi_handler(qdev, mbcp);
+		if (err)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&qdev->mpi_mutex);
-- 
1.6.0.2

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