netdev - Re: [net v2 2/7] e1000: prevent oops when adapter is being closed and reset simultaneously

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Date:	Mon, 2 Dec 2013 17:50:06 +0800
From:	yzhu1 <Yanjun.Zhu@...driver.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <gospo@...hat.com>, <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net v2 2/7] e1000: prevent oops when adapter is being closed
 and reset simultaneously

On 12/01/2013 12:37 AM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On 30-11-2013 13:20, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
>
>> From: yzhu1 <yanjun.zhu@...driver.com>
>
>> This change is based on a similar change made to e1000e support in
>> commit bb9e44d0d0f4 ("e1000e: prevent oops when adapter is being closed
>> and reset simultaneously").  The same issue has also been observed
>> on the older e1000 cards.
>
>> Here, we have increased the RESET_COUNT value to 50 because there are 
>> too
>> many accesses to e1000 nic on stress tests to e1000 nic, it is not 
>> enough
>> to set RESET_COUT 25. Experimentation has shown that it is enough to set
>> RESET_COUNT 50.
>
>> Signed-off-by: yzhu1 <yanjun.zhu@...driver.com>
>
>    Jeff, why are you accepting patches without real name in the 
> sign-off line?
>
>> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
>
> WBR, Sergei
>
>
Hi,

Thanks for the advice from Sergei. I made a new patch with the name 
"yanjun.zhu".

Best Regards!
Zhu Yanjun

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