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Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:49:56 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com Cc: emil.s.tantilov@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com, jogreene@...hat.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com Subject: Re: [net-next 04/14] ixgbe: remove CIAA/D register reads from bad VF check From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 09:52:43 -0800 > From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com> > > Accessing the CIAA/D register can block access to the PCI config space. > > This patch removes the read/write operations to the CIAA/D registers > and makes use of standard kernel functions for accessing the PCI config > space. > > In addition it moves ixgbevf_check_for_bad_vf() into the watchdog subtask > which reduces the frequency of the checks. > > CC: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com> > Reported-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com> > Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com> > Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> Alex Willaimson stated that he'd like to see this for -stable, but I'm warning right now that a change not appropriate for 'net' is not approperiate for '-stable' either. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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