Re: [PATCH net v5 0/5] bnx2x: fixes

[Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@gmail.com>]

On 2013/08/13 12:38, Ariel Elior wrote:
> > I'm confused. Wasn't "[PATCH net v4 1/6] bnx2x: properly initialize
> > statistic counters" supposed to fix a race condition? According to
> > earlier communication with Ariel:
> > 	In this issue a race condition at driver startup causes a second
> > 	statistics query to be sent before the first one completes,
> > 	resulting in a firmware assert and a stuck chip. A patch was
> > 	sent upstream fixing this:
> > 	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/264810/
> 
> As I explicitly mentioned in the communique which you quoted above, the patch was sent but not yet accepted.
> This is precisely the upstream process - patches are being sent, reviewed and sometimes rejected and revised.
> If you have further questions please address them to me - the technical forum is no place for this kind of discussion.
> Thanks,
> Ariel
> 

It's a technical question about a patch which was sent upstream. Where
should the discussion happen if not upstream?

Let me rephrase my question:

I'm confused. I thought that "[PATCH net v4 1/6] bnx2x: properly
initialize statistic counters" was meant to fix a race condition at
driver startup which causes a second statistics query to be sent before
the first one completes, resulting in a firmware assert and a stuck
chip. Am I mistaken and there is no such race condition, or is it
addressed by the other patches in this series?