From: Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If a PCI bus error/fault triggers a PCI bus reset, attempts to get the ethernet packet count statistics from the hardware will fail, returning garbage data upstream. This patch skips statistics data collection if the PCI device is not on the bus.
This patch presumes that an earlier patch, [PATCH] PCI Error Recovery: e1000 network device driver has already been applied. Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: John Ronciak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c~e1000-prevent-statistics-from-getting-garbled-during-reset drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c --- devel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c~e1000-prevent-statistics-from-getting-garbled-during-reset 2006-04-14 23:41:34.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c 2006-04-14 23:41:34.000000000 -0700 @@ -3082,14 +3082,20 @@ void e1000_update_stats(struct e1000_adapter *adapter) { struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw; + struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev; unsigned long flags; uint16_t phy_tmp; #define PHY_IDLE_ERROR_COUNT_MASK 0x00FF - /* Prevent stats update while adapter is being reset */ + /* + * Prevent stats update while adapter is being reset, or if the pci + * connection is down. + */ if (adapter->link_speed == 0) return; + if (pdev->error_state && pdev->error_state != pci_channel_io_normal) + return; spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->stats_lock, flags); _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html