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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 59536bd5cab1..42bf7a76db8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2602,6 +2602,7 @@ static void __ibmvnic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
struct ibmvnic_rwi *rwi;
unsigned long flags;
u32 reset_state;
+ int num_fails = 0;
int rc = 0;
adapter = container_of(work, struct ibmvnic_adapter, ibmvnic_reset);
@@ -2655,11 +2656,23 @@ static void __ibmvnic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
rc = do_hard_reset(adapter, rwi, reset_state);
rtnl_unlock();
}
- if (rc) {
- /* give backing device time to settle down */
+ if (rc)
+ num_fails++;
+ else
+ num_fails = 0;
+
+ /* If auto-priority-failover is enabled we can get
+ * back to back failovers during resets, resulting
+ * in at least two failed resets (from high-priority
+ * backing device to low-priority one and then back)
+ * If resets continue to fail beyond that, give the
+ * adapter some time to settle down before retrying.
+ */
+ if (num_fails >= 3) {
netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev,
- "[S:%s] Hard reset failed, waiting 60 secs\n",
- adapter_state_to_string(adapter->state));
+ "[S:%s] Hard reset failed %d times, waiting 60 secs\n",
+ adapter_state_to_string(adapter->state),
+ num_fails);
set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
schedule_timeout(60 * HZ);
}