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

Jakub Kicinski jakub.kicinski at netronome.com
Tue Nov 26 06:23:59 AEDT 2019


On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:40:42 -0600, Thomas Falcon wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 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?

You're right, sticking to "net" makes sense at this point.


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