[PATCH V2 net] ibmvnic: Continue with reset if set link down failed

[Rick Lindsley]

On 4/20/21 2:42 PM, Lijun Pan wrote:
> 
> This v2 does not adddress the concerns mentioned in v1.
> And I think it is better to exit with error from do_reset, and schedule a thorough
> do_hard_reset if the the adapter is already in unstable state.

But the point is that the testing and analysis has indicated that doing a full
hard reset is not necessary. We are about to take the very action which will fix
this situation, but currently do not.

Please describe the advantage in deferring it further by routing it through
do_hard_reset().  I don't see one.

Rick