netdev - Re: [stable] [PATCH] be2net: Bug fix to support newer generation of BE ASIC

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:51:14 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@...verengines.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, stable-review@...nel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] be2net: Bug fix to support newer generation
 of BE ASIC

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:40:29PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 13:26 +0530, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> > Bug fix in be2net for newer generation of BladeEngine ASIC.
> [...]
> > @@ -2162,6 +2168,7 @@ static int be_stats_init(struct be_adapter *adapter)
> >  	cmd->va = pci_alloc_consistent(adapter->pdev, cmd->size, &cmd->dma);
> >  	if (cmd->va == NULL)
> >  		return -1;
> > +	memset(cmd->va, cmd->size, 0);

Heh, that's funny.  Yeah, that is not correct at all.  If that does
anything, something else is seriously wrong :)

> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> [...]
> 
> I don't think this does what you think it does.
> 
> Also, you should either send this patch to stable@...nel.org, or NAK the
> addition of PCI ids for BladeEngine 3 in 2.6.32.7.

Why?  How does the pci id patch for 2.6.32.7 matter with this change?

confused,

greg k-h
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