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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c16
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 08707402eb1..460c37fee96 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -961,12 +961,28 @@ static irqreturn_t ixgbevf_msix_mbx(int irq, void *data)
eicr = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VTEICS);
IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VTEICR, eicr);
+ if (!hw->mbx.ops.check_for_ack(hw)) {
+ /*
+ * checking for the ack clears the PFACK bit. Place
+ * it back in the v2p_mailbox cache so that anyone
+ * polling for an ack will not miss it. Also
+ * avoid the read below because the code to read
+ * the mailbox will also clear the ack bit. This was
+ * causing lost acks. Just cache the bit and exit
+ * the IRQ handler.
+ */
+ hw->mbx.v2p_mailbox |= IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_PFACK;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* Not an ack interrupt, go ahead and read the message */
hw->mbx.ops.read(hw, &msg, 1);
if ((msg & IXGBE_MBVFICR_VFREQ_MASK) == IXGBE_PF_CONTROL_MSG)
mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer,
round_jiffies(jiffies + 1));
+out:
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}