netdev - Re: [PATCH net v5 0/5] bnx2x: fixes

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Date:	Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:44:17 -0400
From:	Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@...il.com>
To:	Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
Cc:	Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v5 0/5] bnx2x: fixes

On 2013/08/13 14:16, Dmitry Kravkov wrote:
[...]
> > 
> > Let me rephrase my question:
> > 
> > I'm confused. I thought that "[PATCH net v4 1/6] bnx2x: properly initialize
> > statistic counters" was meant to fix a race condition at driver startup which
> > causes a second statistics query to be sent before the first one completes,
> > resulting in a firmware assert and a stuck chip. Am I mistaken and there is no
> > such race condition, or is it addressed by the other patches in this series?
> > 
> There is such condition, but it's not caused by wrongly initialized counted -
> the initialization done in a correct way. Patch "[PATCH net v5 1/5] bnx2x: protect
> different statistics flows"  - prevents from two outstanding queries to be sent
> simultaneously.

Thank you for the clarification.
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