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[next,S83-V5,3/9] i40evf: remove flush_scheduled_work call in i40evf_remove

Message ID 20171218101623.75729-1-alice.michael@intel.com
State Accepted
Delegated to: Jeff Kirsher
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Series [next,S83-V5,1/9] i40e/i40evf: Enable NVMUpdate to retrieve AdminQ and add preservation flags for NVM update | expand

Commit Message

Michael, Alice Dec. 18, 2017, 10:16 a.m. UTC 
From: Sudheer Mogilappagari <sudheer.mogilappagari@intel.com>

flush_schedule_work blocks until completion of all scheduled
work items in global work-queue. This can cause deadlock in some
cases. i40evf_remove() cleans up necessary work items with
cancel_delayed_work_sync and cancel_work_sync. This fix removes
flush_schedule_work call inside i40evf_remove().

Signed-off-by: Sudheer Mogilappagari <sudheer.mogilappagari@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Bowers, AndrewX Dec. 22, 2017, 4:17 p.m. UTC | #1 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Alice Michael
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 2:16 AM
> To: Michael, Alice <alice.michael@intel.com>; intel-wired-
> lan@lists.osuosl.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [next PATCH S83-V5 3/9] i40evf: remove
> flush_scheduled_work call in i40evf_remove
> 
> From: Sudheer Mogilappagari <sudheer.mogilappagari@intel.com>
> 
> flush_schedule_work blocks until completion of all scheduled work items in
> global work-queue. This can cause deadlock in some cases. i40evf_remove()
> cleans up necessary work items with cancel_delayed_work_sync and
> cancel_work_sync. This fix removes flush_schedule_work call inside
> i40evf_remove().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudheer Mogilappagari <sudheer.mogilappagari@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index f92587a..6472116 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -3088,8 +3088,6 @@  static void i40evf_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	if (adapter->watchdog_timer.function)
 		del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
 
-	flush_scheduled_work();
-
 	i40evf_free_rss(adapter);
 
 	if (hw->aq.asq.count)