netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] be2net: fix to avoid sending get_stats request if one is already being processed.

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Message-Id: <20100730.235940.35038438.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:59:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ajitk@...verengines.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] be2net: fix to avoid sending get_stats
 request if one is already being processed.

From: Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@...verengines.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:58 +0530

> GET_STATS request uses the same memory region as the response.
> If a new request for get stats is fired before the response for
> the previous get_stats request is received, the response will
> corrupt the new request, causing the f/w to misbehave.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Somnath K <somnathk@...verengines.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@...verengines.com>

Applied.
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