ibmvnic: don't spin in tasklet

ibmvnic_tasklet() continuously spins waiting for responses to all capability requests. It does this to avoid encountering an error during initialization of the vnic. However if there is a bug in the VIOS and we do not receive a response to one or more queries the tasklet ends up spinning continuously leading to hard lock ups. If we fail to receive a message from the VIOS it is reasonable to timeout the login attempt rather than spin indefinitely in the tasklet. Fixes: 249168a ("ibmvnic: Make CRQ interrupt tasklet wait for all capabilities crqs") Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Dany Madden <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
nathanchance · Jan 24, 2022 · 48079e7 · 48079e7
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -5499,12 +5499,6 @@ static void ibmvnic_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 			ibmvnic_handle_crq(crq, adapter);
 			crq->generic.first = 0;
 		}
-
-		/* remain in tasklet until all
-		 * capabilities responses are received
-		 */
-		if (!adapter->wait_capability)
-			done = true;
 	}
 	/* if capabilities CRQ's were sent in this tasklet, the following
 	 * tasklet must wait until all responses are received