From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: Yuval.Mintz@qlogic.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Ariel.Elior@qlogic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: Prevent inner-reload while VFs exist
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:23:58 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150422.142358.1119355017978517408.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1429696052-27666-1-git-send-email-Yuval.Mintz@qlogic.com>
From: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@qlogic.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:47:32 +0300
> On some feature changes, driver employes an inner-reload flow where it
> resets the function and re-configures it with the new required set of
> parameters.
>
> Such a flow proves fatal to any VF since those were not intended to be used
> while HW is being reset underneath, causing them [at best] to lose all
> connectivity.
>
> This changes driver behavior to fail all configuration changes [e.g., mtu
> change] requested of the driver in case VFs are active.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@qlogic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@qlogic.com>
Applied, thanks.
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2015-04-22 9:47 [PATCH net] bnx2x: Prevent inner-reload while VFs exist Yuval Mintz
2015-04-22 18:23 ` David Miller [this message]
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