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

Thomas Falcon tlfalcon at linux.ibm.com
Tue Nov 26 05:40:42 AEDT 2019


On 11/23/19 7:49 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 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.

Thank you, sorry for the late response.  I will make the requested 
changes ASAP, but I've missed the net-next window.  What should I target 
for v2?

Thanks again,

Tom



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