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There are several paths in vmxnet3, where settings changes cause the adapter to be brought down and back up (vmxnet3_set_ringparam among them). Should part of the reset operation fail, these paths call vmxnet3_force_close, which enables all napi instances prior to calling dev_close (with the expectation that vmxnet3_close will then properly disable them again). However, vmxnet3_force_close neglects to clear VMXNET3_STATE_BIT_QUIESCED prior to calling dev_close. As a result vmxnet3_quiesce_dev (called from vmxnet3_close), returns early, and leaves all the napi instances in a enabled state while the device itself is closed. If a device in this state is activated again, napi_enable will be called on already enabled napi_instances, leading to a BUG halt. The fix is to simply enausre that the QUIESCED bit is cleared in vmxnet3_force_close to allow quesence to be completed properly on close. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> CC: Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> CC: "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.