[PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Remove netdev notify for failover resets

[Nathan Fontenot]

When handling a driver reset due to a failover of the backing
server on the vios, doing the netdev_notify_peers() can cause
network traffic to stall or halt. Remove the netdev notify call
for failover resets.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nf...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 7d84e20..1c647c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1364,7 +1364,9 @@ static int do_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
        for (i = 0; i < adapter->req_rx_queues; i++)
                napi_schedule(&adapter->napi[i]);
 
-       netdev_notify_peers(netdev);
+       if (adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER)
+               netdev_notify_peers(netdev);
+
        return 0;
 }