linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] NTB bug fixes for v4.8

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Date:	Fri, 5 Aug 2016 16:26:21 -0400
From:	Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ntb@...glegroups.com
Subject: [GIT PULL] NTB bug fixes for v4.8

Hello Linus,
Here are a few NTB improvements and bug fixes for 4.8.  Please consider
pulling them.

Thanks,
Jon



The following changes since commit 523d939ef98fd712632d93a5a2b588e477a7565e:

  Linux 4.7 (2016-07-24 12:23:50 -0700)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://github.com/jonmason/ntb tags/ntb-4.8

for you to fetch changes up to 95f1464f695055c72de6044d7c8a2a7a1e0c7ea2:

  NTB: ntb_hw_intel: use local variable pdev (2016-08-05 10:34:13 -0400)

----------------------------------------------------------------
NTB bug fixes for the ntb_tool and ntb_perf, and improvements to the
ntb_perf and ntb_pingpong for increased debugability.  Also,
modification to the ntb_transport layer to increase/decrease the number
of transport entries depending on the ring size.

----------------------------------------------------------------
Allen Hubbe (2):
      NTB: ntb_hw_intel: show BAR size in debugfs info
      NTB: ntb_hw_intel: use local variable pdev

Dave Jiang (1):
      NTB: allocate number transport entries depending on size of ring size

Logan Gunthorpe (14):
      ntb_tool: Fix infinite loop bug when writing spad/peer_spad file
      ntb_tool: BUG: Ensure the buffer size is large enough to return all spads
      ntb_perf: Allow limiting the size of the memory windows
      ntb_tool: Add memory window debug support
      ntb_transport: Check the number of spads the hardware supports
      ntb_perf: Schedule based on time not on performance
      ntb_perf: Improve thread handling to increase robustness
      ntb_perf: Return results by reading the run file
      ntb_perf: Wait for link before running test
      ntb_tool: Postpone memory window initialization for the user
      ntb_tool: Add link status and files to debugfs
      ntb_pingpong: Add a debugfs file to get the ping count
      ntb_perf: clear link_is_up flag when the link goes down.
      ntb_test: Add a selftest script for the NTB subsystem

 MAINTAINERS                             |   1 +
 drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_intel.c     |  49 +++-
 drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c             |  38 ++-
 drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c             | 240 +++++++++++------
 drivers/ntb/test/ntb_pingpong.c         |  62 ++++-
 drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c             | 459 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 tools/testing/selftests/ntb/ntb_test.sh | 422 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 1172 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/ntb/ntb_test.sh