netdev - Re: [PATCH] ucc_geth: Reset BQL queue when stopping device

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Message-Id: <20190130.103711.863137012364624859.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:37:11 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mathias.thore@...inera.com
Cc:     leoyang.li@....com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, david.gounaris@...inera.com,
        joakim.tjernlund@...inera.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ucc_geth: Reset BQL queue when stopping device

From: Mathias Thore <mathias.thore@...inera.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:07:47 +0100

> After a timeout event caused by for example a broadcast storm, when
> the MAC and PHY are reset, the BQL TX queue needs to be reset as
> well. Otherwise, the device will exhibit severe performance issues
> even after the storm has ended.
> 
> Co-authored-by: David Gounaris <david.gounaris@...inera.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Thore <mathias.thore@...inera.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.