[PATCH Wily 1/2] net/mlx4_en: Remove dependency between timestamping capability and service_task

tim.gardner at canonical.com tim.gardner at canonical.com
Tue Jan 5 13:17:34 UTC 2016


From: Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia at mellanox.com>

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1531132

Service task is responsible for other tasks in addition to timestamping
overflow check. Launch it even if timestamping is not supported by device.

Fixes: 07841f9d94c1 ('net/mlx4_en: Schedule napi when RX buffers allocation fails')
Signed-off-by: Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia at mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe at mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz at mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
(cherry picked from commit fc9f5ea9b4ecbe9b7839c92f0a54261809c723d3)
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index e0de2fd..b32514d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -2997,9 +2997,8 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 	}
 	queue_delayed_work(mdev->workqueue, &priv->stats_task, STATS_DELAY);
 
-	if (mdev->dev->caps.flags2 & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_TS)
-		queue_delayed_work(mdev->workqueue, &priv->service_task,
-				   SERVICE_TASK_DELAY);
+	queue_delayed_work(mdev->workqueue, &priv->service_task,
+			   SERVICE_TASK_DELAY);
 
 	mlx4_en_set_stats_bitmap(mdev->dev, &priv->stats_bitmap,
 				 mdev->profile.prof[priv->port].rx_ppp,
-- 
1.9.1





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