ibmvnic: Remove netdev notify for failover resets
When handling a driver reset due to a failover of the backing
server on the vios, doing the netdev_notify_peers() can cause
network traffic to stall or halt. Remove the netdev notify call
for failover resets.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index fd3ef30..59ea7a5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1364,7 +1364,9 @@ static int do_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
for (i = 0; i < adapter->req_rx_queues; i++)
napi_schedule(&adapter->napi[i]);
- netdev_notify_peers(netdev);
+ if (adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER)
+ netdev_notify_peers(netdev);
+
return 0;
}