Re: [PATCH 0/3] ibmvnic: Clean up net close and fix reset bug

[Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 03/07/2018 05:41 PM, Thomas Falcon wrote:
> This patch set cleans up and reorganizes the driver's net_device
> close function and leverages that to fix up a bug that can occur
> during some device resets. Some reset cases require the backing
> adapter to be disabled before continuing, but other cases, such as 
> during a device failover or partition migration, do not require this
> step. Since the device will not be initialized at this stage and
> its command-processing queue is closed, do not send the request to
> disable the device as it could result in an error or timeout
> disrupting the reset.
>
> Thomas Falcon (3):
>   ibmvnic: Clean up device close
>   ibmvnic: Reorganize device close
>   ibmvnic: Do not disable device during failover or partition migration
>
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
Crud, this series is meant for the net-next tree, but I forgot to include it in the patch tag.