[PATCH net v2 0/2] ibmvnic: Bug fixes for queue descriptor processing

Jakub Kicinski kuba at kernel.org
Tue Dec 1 12:12:49 AEDT 2020


On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:07:22 -0600 Thomas Falcon wrote:
> This series resolves a few issues in the ibmvnic driver's
> RX buffer and TX completion processing. The first patch
> includes memory barriers to synchronize queue descriptor
> reads. The second patch fixes a memory leak that could
> occur if the device returns a TX completion with an error
> code in the descriptor, in which case the respective socket
> buffer and other relevant data structures may not be freed
> or updated properly.
> 
> v2: Provide more detailed comments explaining specifically what
>     reads are being ordered, suggested by Michael Ellerman

The commit hashes on fixes tags need to be at least 12 characters long,
please fix and repost.


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