[PATCH net 0/4] ibmvnic: Harden device commands and queries

Jakub Kicinski jakub.kicinski at netronome.com
Sun Nov 24 12:49:25 AEDT 2019


On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:41:42 -0600, Thomas Falcon wrote:
> This patch series fixes some shortcomings with the current
> VNIC device command implementation. The first patch fixes
> the initialization of driver completion structures used
> for device commands. Additionally, all waits for device
> commands are bounded with a timeout in the event that the
> device does not respond or becomes inoperable. Finally,
> serialize queries to retain the integrity of device return
> codes.

I have minor comments on two patches, but also I think it's
a little late in the release cycle for putting this in net.

Could you target net-next and repost ASAP so it still makes 
it into 5.5?

Thanks.


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