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From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.ibm.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Dany Madden <drt@linux.ibm.com>,
	Lijun Pan <ljp@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] ibmvnic: update reset function prototypes
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:12:21 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210111031221.GA165065@us.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210109193755.606a4aef@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>

Jakub Kicinski [kuba@kernel.org] wrote:
> On Thu,  7 Jan 2021 23:12:31 -0800 Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> > The reset functions need just the 'reset reason' parameter and not
> > the ibmvnic_rwi list element. Update the functions so we can simplify
> > the handling of the ->rwi_list in a follow-on patch.
> > 
> > Fixes: 2770a7984db5 ("ibmvnic: Introduce hard reset recovery")
> > 
> 
> No empty lines after Fixes tags, please. They should also not be
> wrapped.

Ah ok, will fix.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.ibm.com>
> 
> Are these patches for net or net-next? It looks like they are fixing
> races, but at the same time they are rather large. Can you please
> produce minimal fixes, e.g. patch 3 should just fix the existing leaks
> rather than refactor the code to not do allocations. 130+ LoC is a lot
> for a fix.

This is a set of bug fixes, but yes a bit large. Should I submit to
net-next instead?

Thanks,

Sukadev

  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-11  3:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-08  7:12 [PATCH 0/7] ibmvnic: Use more consistent locking Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-08  7:12 ` [PATCH 1/7] ibmvnic: restore state in change-param reset Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-08  7:12 ` [PATCH 2/7] ibmvnic: update reset function prototypes Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-10  3:37   ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-11  3:12     ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu [this message]
2021-01-11 19:32       ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-11 19:57         ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-08  7:12 ` [PATCH 3/7] ibmvnic: avoid allocating rwi entries Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-08  7:12 ` [PATCH 4/7] ibmvnic: switch order of checks in ibmvnic_reset Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-08  7:12 ` [PATCH 5/7] ibmvnic: use a lock to serialize remove/reset Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-10  3:41   ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-11  3:52     ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-11 19:43       ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-11 20:15         ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-08  7:12 ` [PATCH 6/7] ibmvnic: check adapter->state under state_lock Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-01-08  7:12 ` [PATCH 7/7] ibmvnic: add comments about adapter->state_lock Sukadev Bhattiprolu

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