netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Disable irqs before exiting reset from closed state

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Date:   Sun, 01 Apr 2018 20:56:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Disable irqs before exiting reset from
 closed state

From: John Allen <jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:44:21 -0500

> When the driver is closed, all the associated irqs are disabled. In the
> event that the driver exits a reset in the closed state, we should be
> consistent with the state we are in directly after a close. So before we
> exit the reset routine, all irqs should be disabled as well. This will
> prevent the irqs from being enabled twice in this case and reporting a
> number of noisy warning traces.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Allen <jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied.