netdev - Re: [net] i40e/i40evf: set AQ count after memory allocation

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Date:	Wed, 07 Oct 2015 04:14:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	mitch.a.williams@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com, jogreene@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net] i40e/i40evf: set AQ count after memory allocation

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Sat,  3 Oct 2015 17:13:05 -0700

> From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
> 
> The standard way to check if the AQ is enabled is to look at the
> count field. So we should only set this field after we have
> successfully allocated memory. To do otherwise is to incite
> panic among the populace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied, thanks.
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