Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ibmvnic: Bail from ibmvnic_open if driver is already open

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 02:19:52PM -0500, John Allen wrote:
> If the driver is already in the "open" state, don't attempt the procedure
> for opening the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Allen <jal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> v2: Unlock reset_lock mutex before returning.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c 
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> index 7be4b06..9a5e8ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> @@ -1057,6 +1057,11 @@ static int ibmvnic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
> 
>       mutex_lock(&adapter->reset_lock);
> 
> +     if (adapter->state == VNIC_OPEN) {
> +             mutex_unlock(&adapter->reset_lock);
> +             return 0;
> +     }

Hi John

This looks better.

But how did you get ibmvnic_open() to be called twice? Is the actual
issue that __ibmvnic_close() does not kill off the
adapter->ibmvnic_reset workqueue, so that a reset can happen after
close() has been called?

           Andrew