--- /dev/null
+From 1cf167f27ad2720af11ee8aa350009342f909e70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
+Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:22:18 -0800
+Subject: bnx2x: Using singlethread work queue
+Acked-by: Karsten Keil <kkeil@novell.com>
+Reference: bnc#472500
+
+Since slow-path events, including link update, are handled in
+work-queue, a race condition was introduced in the self-test that
+sometimes caused the link status to fail: the self-test was running
+under RTNL lock, and if the link-watch was scheduled it stoped the
+shared work-queue (waiting for the RTNL lock) and so the link update
+event was not handled until the self-test ended (releasing the RTNL
+lock) with failure (since the link status was not updated)
+
+Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
+Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
+---
+ drivers/net/bnx2x.h | 2 +-
+ drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
+ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+Index: linux-2.6.27-bnx2x_2/drivers/net/bnx2x.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.27-bnx2x_2.orig/drivers/net/bnx2x.h
++++ linux-2.6.27-bnx2x_2/drivers/net/bnx2x.h
+@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ struct bnx2x {
+ int pm_cap;
+ int pcie_cap;
+
+- struct work_struct sp_task;
++ struct delayed_work sp_task;
+ struct work_struct reset_task;
+
+ struct timer_list timer;
+Index: linux-2.6.27-bnx2x_2/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.27-bnx2x_2.orig/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
++++ linux-2.6.27-bnx2x_2/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
+@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "default debug m
+ module_param(use_multi, int, 0);
+ MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_multi, "use per-CPU queues");
+ #endif
++static struct workqueue_struct *bnx2x_wq;
+
+ enum bnx2x_board_type {
+ BCM57710 = 0,
+@@ -671,7 +672,8 @@ static void bnx2x_int_disable_sync(struc
+ synchronize_irq(bp->pdev->irq);
+
+ /* make sure sp_task is not running */
+- cancel_work_sync(&bp->sp_task);
++ cancel_delayed_work(&bp->sp_task);
++ flush_workqueue(bnx2x_wq);
+ }
+
+ /* fast path */
+@@ -1663,7 +1665,7 @@ static irqreturn_t bnx2x_interrupt(int i
+
+
+ if (unlikely(status & 0x1)) {
+- schedule_work(&bp->sp_task);
++ queue_delayed_work(bnx2x_wq, &bp->sp_task, 0);
+
+ status &= ~0x1;
+ if (!status)
+@@ -2823,7 +2825,7 @@ static void bnx2x_attn_int(struct bnx2x
+
+ static void bnx2x_sp_task(struct work_struct *work)
+ {
+- struct bnx2x *bp = container_of(work, struct bnx2x, sp_task);
++ struct bnx2x *bp = container_of(work, struct bnx2x, sp_task.work);
+ u16 status;
+
+
+@@ -2878,7 +2880,7 @@ static irqreturn_t bnx2x_msix_sp_int(int
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
+ #endif
+
+- schedule_work(&bp->sp_task);
++ queue_delayed_work(bnx2x_wq, &bp->sp_task, 0);
+
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
+ }
+@@ -7504,7 +7506,7 @@ static int __devinit bnx2x_init_bp(struc
+
+ mutex_init(&bp->port.phy_mutex);
+
+- INIT_WORK(&bp->sp_task, bnx2x_sp_task);
++ INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bp->sp_task, bnx2x_sp_task);
+ INIT_WORK(&bp->reset_task, bnx2x_reset_task);
+
+ rc = bnx2x_get_hwinfo(bp);
+@@ -10522,12 +10524,20 @@ static struct pci_driver bnx2x_pci_drive
+
+ static int __init bnx2x_init(void)
+ {
++ bnx2x_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("bnx2x");
++ if (bnx2x_wq == NULL) {
++ printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Cannot create workqueue\n");
++ return -ENOMEM;
++ }
++
+ return pci_register_driver(&bnx2x_pci_driver);
+ }
+
+ static void __exit bnx2x_cleanup(void)
+ {
+ pci_unregister_driver(&bnx2x_pci_driver);
++
++ destroy_workqueue(bnx2x_wq);
+ }
+
+ module_init(bnx2x_init);