netdev - [net-next-2.6 16/21] ixgbe: remove timer reset to 0 on timeout

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Date:	Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:20:23 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, bphilips@...ell.com,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next-2.6 16/21] ixgbe: remove timer reset to 0 on timeout

From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>

The VF mailbox polling for acks and messages would reset the timer to zero
on a timeout. Under heavy load a timeout may actually occur without being
the result of an error and when this occurs it is not practical to perform
a full VF driver reset on every message timeout. Instead, just return an
error (which is already done) and the VF driver will have an opportunity
to retry the operation.

Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
Acked-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.c |    6 ------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.c
index c7ed82e..1ff0eef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.c
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ static s32 ixgbe_poll_for_msg(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u16 mbx_id)
 		udelay(mbx->usec_delay);
 	}
 
-	/* if we failed, all future posted messages fail until reset */
-	if (!countdown)
-		mbx->timeout = 0;
 out:
 	return countdown ? 0 : IXGBE_ERR_MBX;
 }
@@ -183,9 +180,6 @@ static s32 ixgbe_poll_for_ack(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u16 mbx_id)
 		udelay(mbx->usec_delay);
 	}
 
-	/* if we failed, all future posted messages fail until reset */
-	if (!countdown)
-		mbx->timeout = 0;
 out:
 	return countdown ? 0 : IXGBE_ERR_MBX;
 }
-- 
1.7.4

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