--- /dev/null
+From d17ba0f616a08f597d9348c372d89b8c0405ccf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
+Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:13:20 +0300
+Subject: e1000e: start network tx queue only when link is up
+
+From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
+
+commit d17ba0f616a08f597d9348c372d89b8c0405ccf3 upstream.
+
+Driver does not want to keep packets in Tx queue when link is lost.
+But present code only reset NIC to flush them, but does not prevent
+queuing new packets. Moreover reset sequence itself could generate
+new packets via netconsole and NIC falls into endless reset loop.
+
+This patch wakes Tx queue only when NIC is ready to send packets.
+
+This is proper fix for problem addressed by commit 0f9e980bf5ee
+("e1000e: fix cyclic resets at link up with active tx").
+
+Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
+Suggested-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>
+Tested-by: Joseph Yasi <joe.yasi@gmail.com>
+Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
+Tested-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@redhat.com>
+Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+---
+ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+@@ -4171,7 +4171,7 @@ int e1000e_up(struct e1000_adapter *adap
+ e1000_configure_msix(adapter);
+ e1000_irq_enable(adapter);
+
+- netif_start_queue(adapter->netdev);
++ /* Tx queue started by watchdog timer when link is up */
+
+ /* fire a link change interrupt to start the watchdog */
+ if (adapter->msix_entries)
+@@ -4539,6 +4539,7 @@ static int e1000_open(struct net_device
+ pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
+
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
++ netif_stop_queue(netdev);
+
+ /* allocate transmit descriptors */
+ err = e1000e_setup_tx_resources(adapter->tx_ring);
+@@ -4599,7 +4600,6 @@ static int e1000_open(struct net_device
+ e1000_irq_enable(adapter);
+
+ adapter->tx_hang_recheck = false;
+- netif_start_queue(netdev);
+
+ hw->mac.get_link_status = true;
+ pm_runtime_put(&pdev->dev);
+@@ -5226,6 +5226,7 @@ static void e1000_watchdog_task(struct w
+ if (phy->ops.cfg_on_link_up)
+ phy->ops.cfg_on_link_up(hw);
+
++ netif_wake_queue(netdev);
+ netif_carrier_on(netdev);
+
+ if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
+@@ -5239,6 +5240,7 @@ static void e1000_watchdog_task(struct w
+ /* Link status message must follow this format */
+ pr_info("%s NIC Link is Down\n", adapter->netdev->name);
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
++ netif_stop_queue(netdev);
+ if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
+ mod_timer(&adapter->phy_info_timer,
+ round_jiffies(jiffies + 2 * HZ));