netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: VF interrupt initialization cleanup

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Date:   Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:14:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     felix.manlunas@...ium.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com,
        derek.chickles@...ium.com, satananda.burla@...ium.com,
        ricardo.farrington@...ium.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: VF interrupt initialization cleanup

From: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 09:48:09 -0700

> From: Rick Farrington <ricardo.farrington@...ium.com>
> 
> Set initialization state variable to (reflect interrupt initialization) at
> correct time (immediately after having configured interrupts).  This fixes
> problem of inconsistent IRQ allocation in case of [obscure] failure when
> negotiating with PF driver during init.
> 
> Clean-up of interrupt enablement during initialization & avoid potential
> race condition with chip-specific code (i.e. perform interrupt control in
> main driver module).  Added explanatory comments regarding interrupt
> enablement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rick Farrington <ricardo.farrington@...ium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Satanand Burla <satananda.burla@...ium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>

Applied, thank you.