[PATCH net v3 0/2] ibmvnic: Bug fixes for queue descriptor processing

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Wed Dec 2 05:12:40 AEDT 2020


From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon at linux.ibm.com>
Date: Tue,  1 Dec 2020 09:52:09 -0600

> 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.
> 
> v3: Correct length of Fixes tags, requested by Jakub Kicinski
> 
> v2: Provide more detailed comments explaining specifically what
>     reads are being ordered, suggested by Michael Ellerman

Series applied, thanks!


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