[PATCH net 0/7] mlx4: Bug fixes and cleanups

[PATCH net 0/7] mlx4: Bug fixes and cleanups

[Yevgeny Petrilin]

Hello Dave,
This is a series of fixes and cleanups for mlx4_core driver,
Most of them related tracking of VF resources.
The fixes solve issues caused when the VF don't close gracefully (FLR for example)

Thanks,
Yevgeny
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 main.c             |    4 +---
 mcg.c              |   38 ++++++++++++++------------------------
 mlx4.h             |    1 -
 port.c             |    2 --
 resource_tracker.c |   21 +++++++++++++--------
 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

Re: [PATCH net 0/7] mlx4: Bug fixes and cleanups

[David Miller]

From: Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@mellanox.co.il>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:37:09 +0200

> This is a series of fixes and cleanups for mlx4_core driver,
> Most of them related tracking of VF resources.
> The fixes solve issues caused when the VF don't close gracefully (FLR for example)

All applied to net-next, such cleanups are absolutely not appropriate
for the net tree.

RE: [PATCH net 0/7] mlx4: Bug fixes and cleanups

[Eugenia Emantayev]

Hello Dave,

Some of the patches fix very harmful memory leaks and corruptions.
Could you please apply only these 3 specific patches to the net tree?
They are
	[PATCH net 1/7] mlx4_core: fix buffer overrun
	[PATCH net 2/7] mlx4: fix QP tree trashing
	[PATCH net 7/7] mlx4: add unicast steering entries to resource_tracker



Best regards,
Jenny (Eugenia) Emantayev

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Miller [mailto:davem@davemloft.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 21:31
To: Yevgeny Petrilin
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; Eugenia Emantayev
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/7] mlx4: Bug fixes and cleanups

From: Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@mellanox.co.il>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:37:09 +0200

> This is a series of fixes and cleanups for mlx4_core driver,
> Most of them related tracking of VF resources.
> The fixes solve issues caused when the VF don't close gracefully (FLR for example)

All applied to net-next, such cleanups are absolutely not appropriate
for the net tree.

Re: [PATCH net 0/7] mlx4: Bug fixes and cleanups

[David Miller]

From: Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@mellanox.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:05 +0000

> Some of the patches fix very harmful memory leaks and corruptions.

Then submit the patches properly, don't mix cleanups in there if it
matters so much to you.

RE: [PATCH net 0/7] mlx4: Bug fixes and cleanups

[Yevgeny Petrilin]

> 
> > Some of the patches fix very harmful memory leaks and corruptions.
> 
> Then submit the patches properly, don't mix cleanups in there if it matters so much to you.

We will split the series in 2 parts, 1 for net and the other for net-next

Yevgeny

RE: [PATCH net 0/7] mlx4: Bug fixes and cleanups

[Eric Dumazet]

Le mercredi 15 février 2012 à 06:54 +0000, Yevgeny Petrilin a écrit :
> > 
> > > Some of the patches fix very harmful memory leaks and corruptions.
> > 
> > Then submit the patches properly, don't mix cleanups in there if it matters so much to you.
> 
> We will split the series in 2 parts, 1 for net and the other for net-next
> 
> Yevgeny
> 

Too late, all patches already in net-next

You should re-submit for net tree patches that need to .

Re: [PATCH net 0/7] mlx4: Bug fixes and cleanups

[David Miller]

From: Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@mellanox.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:54:07 +0000

>> 
>> > Some of the patches fix very harmful memory leaks and corruptions.
>> 
>> Then submit the patches properly, don't mix cleanups in there if it matters so much to you.
> 
> We will split the series in 2 parts, 1 for net and the other for net-next

I already applied all of them to net-next.  So submitting any of them
for net-next would be superfluous.