netdev - [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 16/30] be2net: Signal that the device cannot transmit during reconfiguration

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:44:18 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 16/30] be2net: Signal that the device cannot transmit during reconfiguration

From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>

[ Upstream commit 7429c6c0d9cb086d8e79f0d2a48ae14851d2115e ]

While changing the number of interrupt channels, be2net stops adapter
operation (including netif_tx_disable()) but it doesn't signal that it
cannot transmit. This may lead dev_watchdog() to falsely trigger during
that time.

Add the missing call to netif_carrier_off(), following the pattern used in
many other drivers. netif_carrier_on() is already taken care of in
be_open().

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index b2eeecb26939..289560b0f643 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -4701,8 +4701,12 @@ int be_update_queues(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 	int status;
 
-	if (netif_running(netdev))
+	if (netif_running(netdev)) {
+		/* device cannot transmit now, avoid dev_watchdog timeouts */
+		netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
 		be_close(netdev);
+	}
 
 	be_cancel_worker(adapter);
 
-- 
2.20.1