Re: [PATCH 0/8] Critical bug fixes for RDMA/cxgb4

[Vipul Pandya <vipul-ut6Up61K2wZBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>]

On 07-08-2013 01:45, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Vipul Pandya <vipul-ut6Up61K2wZBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> The patch-series is based on Roland's infiniband tree for-next branch.
>> This series is on top of previously submitted series "Add IPv6 support for iWARP"
>> We request Roland to merge above series first and then apply this series on top of it.
> 
> [...]
> 
>> This patch series fixes critical bugs for RDMA/cxgb4. It fixes bugs in QP flush
>> path, handles newer firmware changes, deals with wrap around issue of the queue,
>> sets arp error handler etc.
> 
> Hey Vipul, its unclear if this series has fixes to bugs introduced in
> the iwarp/ipv6 series, or unrelated fixes which are just rebased on
> the other series. But this way or another, in this form it  can't work
> for the current cycle, since the iwarp/ipv6 series suits merge window
> and can't be accepted just to let few other fixes to get it. What you
> can do is wait for the iwarp/ipv6 + this series to get into 3.12-rc
> and then backport (adjust) the fixes which are really critical to 3.11
> and get them into 3.11.y (and to 3.x.y for x < 11 as well if you want
> that) through the -stable process. I think Divy/Steve should be
> familiar with all this stuff, isn't that? but anyway, just for the
> sake of you and others learning something from this little 101
> 
> Or.
> 

Thanks Or Gerlitz for the insights. This series has unrelated fixes
which are just based on IPv6 series. As you have suggested we would like
to wait for iwarp/ipv6 and this series to get merge in 3.12-rc.
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