netdev - Re: [net 0/4][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Fixes 2018-12-12

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Date:   Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:53:18 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net 0/4][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Fixes 2018-12-12

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:45:40 -0800

> This series contains fixes to i40e and ixgbe.
> 
> Stefan Assmann fixes an issue created by a previous fix, where
> ether_addr_copy() was moved to avoid a race but did not take into
> account that it alters the MAC address being handed to
> i40e_del_mac_filter().
> 
> Micha┅ Miros┅aw provides 2 fixes for i40e, first resolves issues in the
> hardware VLAN offload where VLAN.TCI equal to 0 was being dropped and a
> race between disabling VLAN receive feature in hardware and processing
> the receive queue, where packets could have their VLAN information
> dropped.
> 
> Ross Lagerwall fixes a racy condition during a ixgbe VF reset, where
> writing the register to issue a reset and sending the reset message via
> the mailbox API could result of the mailbox memory getting cleared
> during the reset before the message gets successfully sent which results
> in a VF driver malfunction.

Pulled, thanks Jeff.