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authorFrank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com>2011-12-19 22:56:35 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-12-20 14:05:04 -0500
commit3f36b890dea7c2fc2fe25fb507552a46a226048a (patch)
tree692b10c0a64af8ed7585fd540b786318122ca29b /drivers/s390/net
parent08e3356cc2c0ce8f3359b3d2636c897ac71240ce (diff)
downloadlinux-3f36b890dea7c2fc2fe25fb507552a46a226048a.tar.gz
qeth: improve recovery during resource shortage
In case there are no system resources to run a recovery we have to clear
recovery bitmasks so a further automatic or manual driven recovery can
fix up the device.

Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/s390/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index fff57de78943..680040572bcb 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -1329,6 +1329,7 @@ static int qeth_do_start_thread(struct qeth_card *card, unsigned long thread)
 
 static void qeth_start_kernel_thread(struct work_struct *work)
 {
+	struct task_struct *ts;
 	struct qeth_card *card = container_of(work, struct qeth_card,
 					kernel_thread_starter);
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card , 2, "strthrd");
@@ -1336,9 +1337,15 @@ static void qeth_start_kernel_thread(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (card->read.state != CH_STATE_UP &&
 	    card->write.state != CH_STATE_UP)
 		return;
-	if (qeth_do_start_thread(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD))
-		kthread_run(card->discipline.recover, (void *) card,
+	if (qeth_do_start_thread(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD)) {
+		ts = kthread_run(card->discipline.recover, (void *)card,
 				"qeth_recover");
+		if (IS_ERR(ts)) {
+			qeth_clear_thread_start_bit(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD);
+			qeth_clear_thread_running_bit(card,
+				QETH_RECOVER_THREAD);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static int qeth_setup_card(struct qeth_card *card)