Re: [PATCH] IB/mlx4: Use flow-counters for process_mad only when appropriate

[Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

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On 06/25/2015 10:45 AM, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> For IB links, reading HCA flow counters through iboe_process_mad() should 
> be used when mlx4_ib_process_mad() is invoked only for VFs PMA queries and 
> exactly nothing else.
> 
> Fixes: 7193a141eb74 ('IB/mlx4: Set VF to read from QP counters')
> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> 
> Hi Doug, Dave 
> 
> Doug, I've rebased the patch on top of Ira's fix [1], also you would need to 
> merge the mlx4 (7193a141eb74 etc) changes that went-in through net-next for 
> the patch to apply -- simply fetch from the latest upstream tree, they're there.
> 
> Dave, to make it clear, the fix will go through the IB subsystem, as it 
> depends on other changes on that area.

I fixed up your commit message slightly (subject was too long),
otherwise applied as is.  Thanks.


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