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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/17] cxlflash: Schedule asynchronous reset of the host
From: "Matthew R. Ochs" <mrochs@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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> On Jun 21, 2017, at 9:14 PM, Uma Krishnan <ukrishn@linux.vnet.ibm.com> =
wrote:
>=20
> A context reset failure indicates the AFU is in a bad state. At =
present,
> when such a situation occurs, no further action is taken. This leaves =
the
> adapter in an unusable state with no recoverable actions.
>=20
> To avoid this situation, context reset failures will be escalated to a =
host
> reset operation. This will be done asynchronously to allow the acting
> thread to return to the user with a failure.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Uma Krishnan <ukrishn@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Acked-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mrochs@linux.vnet.ibm.com>