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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/sfc/efx.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
index 0dc800b5a4ea..a3c2aab53de8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ static int efx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
* processing to finish, then directly poll (and ack ) the eventq.
* Finally reenable NAPI and interrupts.
*
- * Since we are touching interrupts the caller should hold the suspend lock
+ * This is for use only during a loopback self-test. It must not
+ * deliver any packets up the stack as this can result in deadlock.
*/
void efx_process_channel_now(struct efx_channel *channel)
{
@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ void efx_process_channel_now(struct efx_channel *channel)
BUG_ON(channel->channel >= efx->n_channels);
BUG_ON(!channel->enabled);
+ BUG_ON(!efx->loopback_selftest);
/* Disable interrupts and wait for ISRs to complete */
efx_nic_disable_interrupts(efx);