be2net: Schedule/Destroy worker thread in probe()/remove() rather than open()/close()
authorSomnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@emulex.com>
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:01:03 +0000 (23:01 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:37:30 +0000 (11:37 -0700)
When async mcc compls are rcvd on an i/f that is down (and so interrupts are disabled)
they just lie unprocessed in the compl queue.The compl queue can eventually get filled
up and cause the BE to lock up.The fix is to use be_worker to reap mcc compls when the
i/f is down.be_worker is now launched in be_probe() and canceled in be_remove().

Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/benet/be_main.c

Simple merge