sfc: Use a separate workqueue for resets

This avoids deadlock in case a reset is triggered during self-test.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h b/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
index d803b86c647c..219c74a772c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
@@ -616,7 +616,9 @@ union efx_multicast_hash {
  * @pci_dev: The PCI device
  * @type: Controller type attributes
  * @legacy_irq: IRQ number
- * @workqueue: Workqueue for resets, port reconfigures and the HW monitor
+ * @workqueue: Workqueue for port reconfigures and the HW monitor.
+ *      Work items do not hold and must not acquire RTNL.
+ * @reset_workqueue: Workqueue for resets.  Work item will acquire RTNL.
  * @reset_work: Scheduled reset workitem
  * @monitor_work: Hardware monitor workitem
  * @membase_phys: Memory BAR value as physical address
@@ -684,6 +686,7 @@ struct efx_nic {
         const struct efx_nic_type *type;
         int legacy_irq;
         struct workqueue_struct *workqueue;
+        struct workqueue_struct *reset_workqueue;
         struct work_struct reset_work;
         struct delayed_work monitor_work;
         resource_size_t membase_phys;