netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net/tg3: fix race condition in tg3_reset

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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:03:53 -0800
From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To: Thinh Tran <thinhtr@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, siva.kallam@...adcom.com, prashant@...adcom.com, 
	mchan@...adcom.com, pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com, drc@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, 
	venkata.sai.duggi@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/tg3: fix race condition in tg3_reset_task()

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 9:39 AM Thinh Tran <thinhtr@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> I attempted to relocate the fix into the dev_watchdog(), but we
> experienced crashes in various drivers, leading to the destabilization
> of other drivers.

Could you provide more information about the crashes?  The
dev_watchdog() code already checks for netif_device_present() and
netif_running() and netif_carrier_ok() before proceeding to check for
TX timeout.  Why would adding some additional checks for PCI errors
cause problems?  Of course the additional checks should only be done
on PCI devices only.  Thanks.

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