If there are packets in hardware when changing the speed or duplex, it may cause hardware hang up.
This patch adds netif_carrier_off before change speed and duplex in ethtool_ops.set_link_ksettings, and adds netif_carrier_on after complete the change. Signed-off-by: Peng Li <lipeng...@huawei.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c index 08f3c47..774beda 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c @@ -243,7 +243,9 @@ static int hns_nic_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *net_dev, } if (h->dev->ops->adjust_link) { + netif_carrier_off(net_dev); h->dev->ops->adjust_link(h, (int)speed, cmd->base.duplex); + netif_carrier_on(net_dev); return 0; } -- 2.9.3