[PATCH net v2] ibmvnic: Harden device login requests

[David Miller]

From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon at linux.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:29:23 -0500

> The VNIC driver's "login" command sequence is the final step
> in the driver's initialization process with device firmware,
> confirming the available device queue resources to be utilized
> by the driver. Under high system load, firmware may not respond
> to the request in a timely manner or may abort the request. In
> such cases, the driver should reattempt the login command
> sequence. In case of a device error, the number of retries
> is bounded.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> v2: declare variables in Reverse Christmas tree format

Applied, thanks.