[PATCH net 0/2] net/ibmvnic: Fix reset work item locking bugs

Thomas Falcon tlfalcon at linux.ibm.com
Tue Dec 11 08:22:21 AEDT 2018


This patch set fixes issues with scheduling reset work items in
a tasklet context. Since ibmvnic_reset can called in an interrupt,
it should not use a mutex or allocate memory non-atomically.

Thomas Falcon (2):
  ibmvnic: Convert reset work item mutex to spin lock
  ibmvnic: Fix non-atomic memory allocation in IRQ context

 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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2.12.3



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