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

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Date:	Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:38:31 +0000
From:	"Ariel Elior" <ariele@...adcom.com>
To:	"Benjamin Poirier" <benjamin.poirier@...il.com>,
	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>
cc:	"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

> I'm confused. Wasn't "[PATCH net v4 1/6] bnx2x: properly initialize
> statistic counters" supposed to fix a race condition? According to
> earlier communication with Ariel:
> 	In this issue a race condition at driver startup causes a second
> 	statistics query to be sent before the first one completes,
> 	resulting in a firmware assert and a stuck chip. A patch was
> 	sent upstream fixing this:
> 	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/264810/

As I explicitly mentioned in the communique which you quoted above, the patch was sent but not yet accepted.
This is precisely the upstream process - patches are being sent, reviewed and sometimes rejected and revised.
If you have further questions please address them to me - the technical forum is no place for this kind of discussion.
Thanks,
Ariel

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