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ice: Fix dead device link issue with flow control

Setting Rx or Tx pause parameter currently results in link loss on the
interface, requiring the platform/host to be cold power cycled. Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Akeem G Abodunrin <akeem.g.abodunrin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Akeem G Abodunrin 7 years ago
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1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
  1. 6 1
      drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c

+ 6 - 1
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c

@@ -1517,10 +1517,15 @@ ice_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_pauseparam *pause)
 	}
 
 	if (!test_bit(__ICE_DOWN, pf->state)) {
-		/* Give it a little more time to try to come back */
+		/* Give it a little more time to try to come back. If still
+		 * down, restart autoneg link or reinitialize the interface.
+		 */
 		msleep(75);
 		if (!test_bit(__ICE_DOWN, pf->state))
 			return ice_nway_reset(netdev);
+
+		ice_down(vsi);
+		ice_up(vsi);
 	}
 
 	return err;