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This patch fixes a race condition that can result into the interface being
up and carrier on, but with transmits disabled in the hardware.
The bug may show up by repeatedly IFF_DOWN+IFF_UP the interface, which
allows e1000_watchdog() interleave with e1000_down().
CPU x CPU y
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e1000_down():
netif_carrier_off()
e1000_watchdog():
if (carrier == off) {
netif_carrier_on();
enable_hw_transmit();
}
disable_hw_transmit();
e1000_watchdog():
/* carrier on, do nothing */
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffione@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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