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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-03-27 13:52:49 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-03-27 13:52:49 -0400
commite2a553dbf18a5177fdebe29495c32a8e7fd3a4db (patch)
tree5ccb3d498325a7aaf93f49549eca03cb7861ca1c /drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
parent7559d97993ae7d552c96313155286f372cf4cf7c (diff)
parenta8c45289f215e137825bf9630d0abb41c1dc41ff (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Conflicts: include/net/ipip.h The changes made to ipip.h in 'net' were already included in 'net-next' before that header was moved to another location. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c24
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index ac0c315659d..5563250883a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -950,9 +950,17 @@ free_queue_irqs:
free_irq(adapter->msix_entries[vector].vector,
adapter->q_vector[vector]);
}
- pci_disable_msix(adapter->pdev);
- kfree(adapter->msix_entries);
- adapter->msix_entries = NULL;
+ /* This failure is non-recoverable - it indicates the system is
+ * out of MSIX vector resources and the VF driver cannot run
+ * without them. Set the number of msix vectors to zero
+ * indicating that not enough can be allocated. The error
+ * will be returned to the user indicating device open failed.
+ * Any further attempts to force the driver to open will also
+ * fail. The only way to recover is to unload the driver and
+ * reload it again. If the system has recovered some MSIX
+ * vectors then it may succeed.
+ */
+ adapter->num_msix_vectors = 0;
return err;
}
@@ -2575,6 +2583,15 @@ static int ixgbevf_open(struct net_device *netdev)
struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
int err;
+ /* A previous failure to open the device because of a lack of
+ * available MSIX vector resources may have reset the number
+ * of msix vectors variable to zero. The only way to recover
+ * is to unload/reload the driver and hope that the system has
+ * been able to recover some MSIX vector resources.
+ */
+ if (!adapter->num_msix_vectors)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
/* disallow open during test */
if (test_bit(__IXGBEVF_TESTING, &adapter->state))
return -EBUSY;
@@ -2631,7 +2648,6 @@ static int ixgbevf_open(struct net_device *netdev)
err_req_irq:
ixgbevf_down(adapter);
- ixgbevf_free_irq(adapter);
err_setup_rx:
ixgbevf_free_all_rx_resources(adapter);
err_setup_tx: