linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 net 2/3] net: hns3: fix kernel crash when devlink reload during pf initialization

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:25:29 +0100
From: Michal Kubiak <michal.kubiak@...el.com>
To: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@...wei.com>
CC: <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>, <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
	<davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
	<pabeni@...hat.com>, <rkannoth@...vell.com>, <shenjian15@...wei.com>,
	<wangjie125@...wei.com>, <liuyonglong@...wei.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 net 2/3] net: hns3: fix kernel crash when devlink
 reload during pf initialization

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 09:29:47PM +0800, Jijie Shao wrote:
> From: Yonglong Liu <liuyonglong@...wei.com>
> 
> The devlink reload process will access the hardware resources,
> but the register operation is done before the hardware is initialized.
> so, if process the devlink reload during initialization, may lead to kernel

This sentence still seems not so clear. How about:
"So, processing the devlink reload during initialization may lead to kernel
crash."

Thanks,
Michal