netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] nfp: fix SR-IOV deadlock and representor bugs

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Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2017 20:40:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] nfp: fix SR-IOV deadlock and representor bugs

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:22:41 -0700

> This series tackles the bug I've already tried to fix in commit 
> 6d48ceb27af1 ("nfp: allocate a private workqueue for driver work").
> I created a separate workqueue to avoid possible deadlock, and
> the lockdep error disappeared, coincidentally.  The way workqueues
> are operating, separate workqueue doesn't necessarily mean separate
> thread of execution.  Luckily we can safely forego the lock.
> 
> Second fix changes the order in which vNIC netdevs and representors
> are created/destroyed.  The fix is kept small and should be sufficient
> for net because of how flower uses representors, a more thorough fix 
> will be targeted at net-next.
> 
> Third fix avoids leaking mapped frame buffers if FW sent a frame with
> unknown portid.

Series applied, thanks.