netdev - [PATCH net-2.6 2/3] sfc: Always close net device at the end of a disabling reset

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Message-Id: <1272481293.2549.15.camel@achroite.uk.solarflarecom.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:01:33 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH net-2.6 2/3] sfc: Always close net device at the end of a
 disabling reset

This fixes a regression introduced by commit
eb9f6744cbfa97674c13263802259b5aa0034594 "sfc: Implement ethtool
reset operation".

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc: stable@...nel.org
---
 drivers/net/sfc/efx.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
index 6486657..649a264 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
@@ -1861,6 +1861,7 @@ out:
 	}
 
 	if (disabled) {
+		dev_close(efx->net_dev);
 		EFX_ERR(efx, "has been disabled\n");
 		efx->state = STATE_DISABLED;
 	} else {
@@ -1884,8 +1885,7 @@ static void efx_reset_work(struct work_struct *data)
 	}
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	if (efx_reset(efx, efx->reset_pending))
-		dev_close(efx->net_dev);
+	(void)efx_reset(efx, efx->reset_pending);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
-- 
1.6.2.5


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Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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