netdev - [PATCH] qlge: reset the chip before freeing the buffers

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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:27:58 -0300
From:	leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
To:	ron.mercer@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ying.lok@...gic.com,
	Breno Leitao <leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] qlge: reset the chip before freeing the buffers

Qlge is freeing the buffers before stopping the card DMA, and
this can cause some severe error, as a EEH event on PPC.

This patch just stop the card and then free the resources.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 5a24521..2e0ca39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -3926,12 +3926,12 @@ static int ql_adapter_down(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 	for (i = 0; i < qdev->rss_ring_count; i++)
 		netif_napi_del(&qdev->rx_ring[i].napi);
 
-	ql_free_rx_buffers(qdev);
-
 	status = ql_adapter_reset(qdev);
 	if (status)
 		netif_err(qdev, ifdown, qdev->ndev, "reset(func #%d) FAILED!\n",
 			  qdev->func);
+	ql_free_rx_buffers(qdev);
+
 	return status;
 }
 
-- 
1.6.5.2

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