When there are no NCSI channels probed, HWA (Hardware Arbitration) mode is enabled. It's not correct because HWA depends on the fact: NCSI channels exist and all of them support HWA mode. This disables HWA when no channels are probed.
Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gws...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c index a3bd5fa..5073e15 100644 --- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c +++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c @@ -839,12 +839,15 @@ static bool ncsi_check_hwa(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp) struct ncsi_package *np; struct ncsi_channel *nc; unsigned int cap; + bool has_channel = false; /* The hardware arbitration is disabled if any one channel * doesn't support explicitly. */ NCSI_FOR_EACH_PACKAGE(ndp, np) { NCSI_FOR_EACH_CHANNEL(np, nc) { + has_channel = true; + cap = nc->caps[NCSI_CAP_GENERIC].cap; if (!(cap & NCSI_CAP_GENERIC_HWA) || (cap & NCSI_CAP_GENERIC_HWA_MASK) != @@ -855,8 +858,13 @@ static bool ncsi_check_hwa(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp) } } - ndp->flags |= NCSI_DEV_HWA; - return true; + if (has_channel) { + ndp->flags |= NCSI_DEV_HWA; + return true; + } + + ndp->flags &= ~NCSI_DEV_HWA; + return false; } static int ncsi_enable_hwa(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp) -- 2.7.4