netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Remove netdev notify for failover resets

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:00:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Remove netdev notify for failover
 resets

From: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 20:47:45 -0400

> When handling a driver reset due to a failover of the backing
> server on the vios, doing the netdev_notify_peers() can cause
> network traffic to stall or halt. Remove the netdev notify call
> for failover resets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied.